Associations of fruit & vegetable intake and physical activity with poor self-rated health among Chinese older adults

Table 2 Adjusted odds ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) of fruit intake (servings) and physical activities, AOR(95%CI)

	Vigorous level of physical activity^a	Moderate level of physical activity^b	Walk/bike activity^c	Vigorous fitness/leisure^d	Moderate fitness/leisure^e
Fruit intake
0	1 [Reference]	1 [Reference]	1 [Reference]	1 [Reference]	1 [Reference]
1	0.40***(0.29–0.55)	0.81**(0.68–0.96)	1.24**(1.01–1.52)	0.05***(0.04–0.08)	0.25***(0.20–0.30)
2	0.52***(0.42–0.65)	1.08(0.95–1.22)	1.38***(1.17–1.63)	0.05***(0.04–0.06)	0.29***(0.26–0.34)
3	0.41***(0.31–0.56)	1.10(0.93–1.30)	1.31**(1.07–1.60)	0.04***(0.03–0.06)	0.36***(0.31–0.42)
≥ 4	0.39***(0.31–0.50)	0.83***(0.73–0.95)	1.32***(1.12–1.57)	0.06***(0.04–0.07)	0.39***(0.34–0.44)
Age group (years)
60–69					1 [Reference]
≥ 70					0.42***(0.38–0.47)
Marital status
Never married	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
Currently married	0.32***(0.28–0.38)		1.78***(1.57–2.01)
Cohabiting	0.44(0.09–2.10)		1.56(0.40–6.09)
Separated/divorced	0.19***(0.09–0.38)		2.44***(1.48–4.04)
Widowed	0.18***(0.14–0.22)		1.38***(1.18–1.61)
Ethnicity
Han majority	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]	1 [Reference]	1 [Reference]
Ethnic minority	0.47*(0.22–1.01)		0.72(0.43–1.21)	0.10***(0.03–0.35)	0.47**(0.25–0.90)
Always lived in this village/town/city
Yes		1 [Reference]
No		0.96(0.86–1.07)

Note: ***, ** and * indicates 1, 5 and 10% significance level, respectively
AOR adjusted odds ratio
^aAge group, gender, ever schooled, always lived in this village/town/city, vegetable intake, and poor SRH were screened out as the confounding variables
^bAge group, gender, marital status, ever schooled, ethnicity, vegetable intake, and poor SRH were screened out as the confounding variables
^cAge group, gender, ever schooled, always lived in this village/town/city, vegetable intake, and poor SRH were screened out as the confounding variables
^dAge group, gender, marital status, ever schooled, always lived in this village/town/city, vegetable intake, and poor SRH were screened out as the confounding variables
^eGender, marital status, ever schooled, always lived in this village/town/city, vegetable intake, and poor SRH were screened out as the confounding variables

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