Table 2.
High psychological distress among Palestinian citizens of Israel by gender, age, educational level, BMI, chronic disease and geographical district. Logistic regression analysis. (OR, 95% CI)
| Risk factors | High psychological distressa | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| OR | (95%CI) | p | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 1.00 [reference] | ||
| Female | 1.78 | (1.4–2.2) | <.001 |
| Age group | |||
| 18–24 | 1.00 [reference] | ||
| 25–34 | 0.96 | (0.7–1.3). | .811 |
| 35–44 | 0.75 | (0.5–1.1) | .122 |
| 45–64 | 0.64 | (0.4–1.0) | .027 |
| 65≥ | 1.23 | (0.7–2.1) | .447 |
| Educational level | |||
| No education | 3.50 | (2.1–5.6) | <.001 |
| Primary school | 2.09 | (1.4–3.0) | <.001 |
| Partial high school | 1.39 | (1.0–2.0) | .071 |
| High school diploma | 0.81 | (0.6–1.2) | .334 |
| Academic | 1.0 [reference] | ||
| Geographical district | |||
| Northern district | 1.0 [reference] | ||
| Haifa district | 0.55 | (0.4–0.7) | <.001 |
| Central district | 1.10 | (0.8–1.5) | .523 |
| Southern district | 0.88 | (0.6–1.2) | .436 |
| BMI | |||
| Low/healthy | 1.00 [reference] | ||
| Overweight | 1.07 | (0.8–1.4) | .574 |
| Obese | 1.39 | (1.0–1.9) | .034 |
| Chronic disease | |||
| None | 1.00 [reference] | ||
| One | 1.92 | (1.4–2.6) | <.001 |
| Two or more | 2.09 | (1.5–3.0) | <.001 |
aglobal score of ≥17