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. 2017 Mar;32(2):98–105. doi: 10.5001/omj.2017.19

Table 3. Association between being various exposures and having a serious injury in the past year.

Exposure Boys Girls
Percentage of injured with exposure Percentage of non-injured with exposure OR
(95% CI)
Percentage of injured with exposure Percentage of non-injured with exposure OR
(95% CI)
Bullied one or more days during the past 30 days 57.1 22.9 4.5
(3.7, 5.7)
53.4 32.3 2.4
(1.8, 3.2)
In a physical fight one or more times during the past 12 months 62.7 42.2 2.3
(1.6, 3.3)
58.0 36.8 2.3
(1.9, 2.9)
Physically attacked one or more times during the past 12 months 51.2 30.7 2.4
(1.8, 3.1)
49.3 30.1 2.3
(1.7, 3.0)
Walked or biked to or from school one or more days in the past seven days 54.8 31.4 2.6
(2.2, 3.2)
32.6 22.1 1.7
(1.1, 2.7)
Missed class or school one or more days without permission in past 30 days 58.3 38.6 2.2
(1.6, 3.0)
47.2 37.7 1.5
(1.1, 2.0)
Washed hands after using the toilet or latrine only sometimes, rarely, or never during the past 30 days 28.5 21.8 1.4
(1.2, 1.7)
13.8 10.8 1.3
(0.8, 2.1)
Ate food from a fast food restaurant three or more days during the past seven days 78.1 63.5 2.1
(1.6, 2.7)
66.9 59.6 1.4
(1.0, 1.9)
Went hungry sometimes, most of the time, or always because there was no enough food at home during the past 30 days 38.7 25.5 1.8
(1.5, 2.3)
28.2 17.6 1.8
(1.3, 2.6)
Students in school were never or rarely helpful or kind during the past 30 days 44.2 31.5 1.7
(1.4, 2.1)
25.2 19.0 1.4
(1.0, 2.1)
Drank carbonated drinks one or more times per day in the past 30 days 65.1 48.4 2.0
(1.6, 2.5)
49.0 42.1 1.3
(0.9, 1.9)
Not physically active for at least 60 minutes on any day in the past week 22.4 28.9 0.7
(0.6, 0.9)
24.0 37.3 0.5
(0.4, 0.8)

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.