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. 2020 Feb 14;17(4):1239. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041239

Table 5.

Associations between health risk behaviors and psychosocial factors. Odds ratios (ORs) and confidence intervals (CIs) according to logistic regression for health risk behavior, adjusted (adj) for age, sex, education, employment, and immigrant status, n ranging from 810 to 933.

Current Smoker Risky Alcohol Intake Insufficient Physical Activity Insufficient Intake of Fruit and Vegetables
Adj OR 95% CI p Adj OR 95% CI p Adj OR 95% CI p Adj OR 95% CI p
Psychosocial resources
Social integration 0.94 0.79–1.13 0.519 0.88 0.72–1.07 0.195 0.90 0.75–1.08 0.243 0.86 0.72–1.02 0.076
Emotional support 0.84 0.72–0.97 0.018 0.76 0.65–0.90 0.001 0.96 0.79–1.15 0.641 0.87 0.72–1.05 0.156
Perceived control 0.79 0.66–0.95 0.014 0.84 0.67–1.04 0.104 0.73 0.59–0.89 0.002 1.02 0.86–1.23 0.777
Self esteem 0.90 0.76–1.07 0.252 0.86 0.71–1.05 0.143 0.97 0.82–1.16 0.762 0.90 0.75–1.07 0.214
SOC 1 0.84 0.71–1.00 0.055 0.79 0.64–0.96 0.019 * 0.79 0.65–0.95 0.013 0.98 0.82–1.16 0.780
Trust 0.84 0.71–0.99 0.034 * 0.73 0.61–0.88 0.001 0.85 0.70–1.03 0.093 0.92 0.77–1.09 0.330
Psychological risk factors
Cynicism 1.18 0.99–1.41 0.063 1.19 0.97–1.46 0.101 1.21 1.01–1.44 0.040 * 1.02 0.86–1.21 0.837
Vital exhaustion 1.36 1.14–1.61 0.001 1.25 1.02–1.54 0.033 * 1.34 1.11–1.63 0.003 0.99 0.84–1.18 0.942
Hopelessness 1.14 0.96–1.36 0.143 1.07 0.87–1.32 0.511 1.29 1.05–1.58 0.013 1.10 0.92–1.32 0.311
Depressiveness 1.51 1.28–1.79 <0.001 1.20 0.98–1.47 0.082 1.23 1.01–1.50 0.036 * 1.11 0.93–1.33 0.245

* p > 0.05 after correction for multiple testing (false discovery rate (FDR)). 1 Sense of coherence.