Table 3.

Total study population, proportion reporting poor SRH at follow-up by sex and baseline covariates. The HUNT Study, 1995–97 (baseline) and 2006–08 (follow-up)

	Women		Men
	n	Poor SRH (%)	N	Poor SRH (%)
Overall study population	18659	30	15485	24.6
Age
20–36 years	5281	18.9	3878	13
37–53 years	8570	31.1	7401	25
54–70 years	4808	40.3	4206	34.5
(0% missing)
BMI (kg/m2)
<18.5	152	35.5	31	22.6
18.5–24.9	8691	23.7	5286	21
25.0–29.9	6920	32.1	8095	24.2
>30	2819	35.5	2023	35.3
(0.4% missing)
Daily smoker
No	13150	27.6	11520	22.2
Yes	5428	35.7	3901	31.2
(0.4% missing)
Higher education
Yes	4290	19.3	3535	15.7
No	14001	32.8	11713	26.9
(1.8% missing)
Self-esteem
High	15853	28.7	12754	23.9
Low	479	48.9	153	37.9
(14.4% missing)
Long-term illness/impairment
No	13184	20.7	10945	17
Yes	4859	53.4	4230	43.2
(2.7% missing)
SRH, baseline
Good	14228	19.3	12432	16.5
Poor	4264	65.5	2956	58.4
(0.8% missing)