Table 3

Prevalence of risk factors and their univariate association with unsatisfactory self rated health status in West and East Berlin shortly after German reunification

Risk/protective factor		West Berlin			East Berlin
Risk/protective factor		Prevalence^3-153	OR^3-154		95% CI	Prevalence^3-153	OR^3-154	95% CI
Sex
Male	45.6%	1		46.5%	1
Female	54.4%	1.35^3-150	1.10, 1.66	53.5%	1.79^3-150	1.34, 2.39
Age (y)
<40	36.4%	1		46.6%	1
40–60	32.8%	2.67^3-151	1.95, 3.66	35.1%	2.48^3-151	1.66, 3.71
>60	30.8%	4.50^3-151	3.35, 6.04	18.3%	6.00^3-151	4.11, 8.74
Stressful life events
n=0	32.2%	1		18.6%	1
n=1–2	49.3%	1.88^3-152	1.48, 2.40	48.7%	1.31^3-152	0.91, 1.89
n=⩾3	17.5%	2.81^3-152	2.05, 3.85	32.6%	2.15^3-152	1.40, 3.29
Social support
Partner and friends	44.7%	1		50.6%	1
Partner or friends	46.3%	1.41^3-152	1.13, 1.76	42.6%	1.67^3-152	1.24, 2.25
No partner, no friends	9.0%	2.68^3-152	1.92, 3.73	6.8%	1.93^3-152	1.13, 3.29
Education
More than grade 10	28.6%	1		33.3%	1
Grade 10	29.2%	1.52^3-152	1.11, 2.07	35.9%	0.75^3-152	0.50, 1.12
Less than grade 10	42.2%	1.69^3-152	1.28, 2.25	30.8%	1.13^3-152	0.80, 1.61
Health promoting lifestyle
3–4 positive practices	26.5%	1		18.4%	1
1–2 positive practices	60.6%	2.28^3-152	1.70, 3.06	70.0%	1.16^3-152	0.79, 1.70
0 positive practices	12.8%	2.86^3-152	2.00, 4.11	11.6%	2.24^3-152	1.37, 3.66
Health endangering behaviour
0 negative habits	29.0%	1		30.9%	1
1–2 negative habits	68.4%	1.32^3-152	1.04, 1.67	66.6%	0.93^3-152	0.69, 1.26
3 negative habits	2.6%	1.13^3-152	0.53, 2.39	2.5%	1.19^3-152	0.47, 3.02

↵3-150 Adjusted for age (continuous values),
↵3-151 adjusted for sex,
↵3-152 adjusted for age (continuous values) and sex,
↵3-153 data weighted,
↵3-154 data unweighted.