Lookism hurts: appearance discrimination and self-rated health in South Korea

Table 3 Association between reporting patterns of appearance discrimination and poor self-rated health among emerging adults in Korea, 2005–2013 (N = 2,973)

Appearance discrimination	Distribution	Unadjusted		Adjusted^a
Appearance discrimination	N (%)	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Never	2,513 (84.5)	1	Referent	1	Referent
Repeated	74 (2.5)	4.79^*	2.85-8.05	3.70^*	2.19–6.27
Incident	173 (5.8)	3.38^*	2.17-5.26	3.10^*	1.99-4.83
In error	213 (7.2)	1.54	0.96-2.47	1.21	0.72-2.02

^* P < 0.001
^aAdjusted for sex, age, change of BMI at baseline and follow-up, residential area, and baseline self-rated health

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