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Table 3 Percentage with good or excellent health, daily smoking, body mass index 30 kg/m2 or higher and percentage scoring 1.85 or higher on the HSCL scale in The Oslo Health Study 2000–2001. Number answering the question (N), crude- and weighted percentages according to the inverse of the probabilities of participation from logistic regression models. All men and women aged 30, 40, 45, 59 and 60 years of age.

From: The Oslo Health Study: The impact of self-selection in a large, population-based survey

    

Weighted percent

 

N

Crude percent

(95% CI)

Model 1*

Model 2**

Reporting good or excellent health

Men

     

   30

1813

90.3

(89.0–91.7)

89.6

90.3

   40+45

2899

80.0

(78.6–81.5)

78.8

78.3

   59–60

2075

72.5

(70.6–74.5)

71.5

69.9

 

6787

80.5

(79.6–81.4)

80.5

80.2

Women

     

   30

2257

85.7

(84.3–87.2)

84.9

84.8

   40+45

3607

77.8

(76.5–79.2)

76.9

76.4

   59–60

2307

64.5

(62.5–66.4)

63.4

61.9

 

8171

76.2

(75.3–77.1)

76.3

75.6

Daily smokers

Men

     

   30

1813

22.9

(21.0–24.8)

23.8

23.9

   40+45

2903

32.0

(30.3–33.7)

33.6

34.5

   59–60

2094

25.9

(24.0–27.8)

26.7

28.0

 

6810

27.7

(26.6–28.8)

28.7

29.4

Women

     

   30

2250

22.5

(20.8–24.3)

22.6

23.1

   40+45

3610

32.9

(31.4–34.4)

33.3

33.4

   59–60

2312

25.0

(23.2–26.7)

25.5

26.4

 

8172

27.8

(26.8–28.8)

27.9

28.4

Body mass index 30 kg/m 2 or higher

Men

     

   30

1801

11.1

(9.6–12.6)

11.3

10.9

   40+45

2848

14.3

(13.0–15.6)

14.6

13.9

   59–60

2039

18.6

(16.9–20.3)

18.8

18.5

 

6688

14.8

(13.9–15.7)

14.5

14.1

Women

     

   30

2204

9.1

(7.9–10.3)

9.7

9.7

   40+45

3556

13.5

(12.4–14.6)

14.3

14.5

   59–60

2291

17.9

(16.3–19.5)

18.5

19.2

 

8051

13.5

(12.8–14.2)

13.8

14.1

HSCL 1.85 or higher

Men

     

   30

1755

5.9

(4.8–7.0)

6.4

6.4

   40+45

2736

10.3

(9.2–11.4)

10.7

11.7

   59–60

1952

7.6

(6.4–8.8)

7.8

8.7

 

6443

8.3

(7.6–9.0)

8.6

9.2

Women

     

   30

2166

10.6

(9.3–11.9)

10.6

11.2

   40+45

3452

13.4

(12.3–14.5)

13.8

14.5

   59–60

2120

15.5

(14.0–17.0)

16.3

17.4

 

7738

13.2

(12.4–14.0)

13.3

14.1

  1. *Model 1: Age, sex and education **Model 2: Age, sex, education, marital status, residential region, total income and disability benefit