Table 4 Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios for associations between each independent variable and ill health in a cohort of young Swedish men. The number of study subjects in the bivariate analyses are shown in the first column and the number of participants in the multivariate analyses was 40,094.

Height

1(shortest) (12,022)

1 (index)

1 (index)

2 (12,835)

1.0

1.1

3 (9,820)

1.1

1.1

4 (tallest) (10,592)

1.4

1.0

BMI

underweight (2,877)

1.6

0.9

normal weight (34,104)

1 (index)

1 (index)

overweight (6,487)

1.1

0.9

obese (1,801)

2.1

0.9

Intellectual capacity

high (10,623)

1 (index)

1 (index)

medium (24,766)

1.4

1.0

low (10,809)

4.0

1.4

Education*

high (11,108)

1 (index)

1 (index)

medium (8,582)

1.4

1.0

low (28,719)

2.7

0.9

Coping

high (7,835)

1 (index)

1 (index)

medium (21,800)

2.8

2.7

low (10,459)

134.3

104.3