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

Table 4 Adjusted odds ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) of F &V intake and poor SRH, AOR (95%CI)

	Model 1^a	Model 2^b
Fruit intake
0	1 [Reference]
1	0.69***(0.57–0.83)
2	0.49***(0.41–0.57)
3	0.33***(0.27–0.42)
≥ 4	0.32***(0.27–0.38)
Vegetable intake
0–4		1 [Reference]
5		0.69***(0.58–0.83)
6–9		0.72***(0.59–0.87)
10		0.88(0.73–1.06)
≥ 11		1.02(0.81–1.29)
Marital status
Never married		1 [Reference]
Currently married		0.39***(0.34–0.45)
Cohabiting		0.50 (0.12–2.17)
Separated/divorced		0.38***(0.22–0.64)
Widowed		0.56***(0.47–0.66)
Ethnicity
Han majority	1 [Reference]	1 [Reference]
Ethnic minority	0.69(0.40–1.20)	0.84(0.50–1.43)
Always lived in this village/town/city
No	1 [Reference]	1 [Reference]
Yes	0.93(0.82–1.05)	0.88*(0.77–1.00)
Vigorous fitness/leisure
No	1 [Reference]	1 [Reference]
Yes	0.64**(0.43–0.94)	0.60***(0.41–0.87)
Walk/bike activity
No	1 [Reference]
Yes	0.50***(0.45–0.56)

Note: ***, ** and * indicates 1, 5 and 10% significance level, respectively
AOR adjusted odds ratio
^aAge group, gender, marital status, ever schooled, vegetable intake, vigorous level of physical activity, moderate level of physical activity, and moderate fitness/leisure were screened out as the confounding variables
^bFruit intake, Age group, gender, ever schooled, vigorous level of physical activity, moderate level of physical activity, walk/bike activity, and moderate fitness/leisure were screened out as the confounding variables

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