Variables | Feeling tired/run down | Headaches | Joint pain | Back pain | Difficulty sleeping | Sore throat | Nervousness/anxiety | Indigestion/heartburn | Cough | Cold/flu | Feeling depressed | Stomach/abdominal pain | Diarrhoea | Nausea/feeling sick | Constipation | Dizziness | Shortness of breath | Wheezy chest | Loss of appetite | Chest pain | |
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Sex (male)b | |||||||||||||||||||||
Female | 1.51 | 1.84 | 1.06 | 1.09 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.41 | 0.72 | 0.89 | 0.78 | 1.21 | 1.71 | 1.05 | 1.37 | 2.95 | 1.16 | 1.11 | 0.87 | 1.26 | 1.01 | |
Age (18-24 years),b years | |||||||||||||||||||||
25-34 | 0.90 | 1.12 | 1.35 | 0.75 | 1.17 | 0.89 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.69 | 0.92 | 1.06 | 0.80 | 1.09 | 0.59 | 0.82 | 0.95 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 1.15 | 0.43 | |
35-44 | 0.72 | 0.89 | 2.68 | 0.75 | 1.30 | 0.70 | 1.11 | 0.95 | 0.56 | 0.68 | 0.93 | 0.82 | 0.91 | 0.55 | 0.51 | 0.72 | 0.27 | 0.31 | 0.86 | 0.38 | |
45-54 | 0.57 | 0.84 | 3.52 | 0.67 | 1.54 | 0.47 | 1.00 | 1.17 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.78 | 0.50 | 0.80 | 0.39 | 0.50 | 0.86 | 0.29 | 0.39 | 0.58 | 0.24 | |
55-60 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 3.91 | 0.65 | 1.31 | 0.46 | 0.64 | 0.97 | 0.72 | 0.55 | 0.44 | 0.30 | 0.52 | 0.30 | 0.63 | 0.56 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.47 | 0.28 | |
Marital status (single)b | |||||||||||||||||||||
Married/living together | 0.93 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.68 | 0.95 | 1.10 | 0.85 | 1.16 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.55 | 1.08 | 0.74 | 1.32 | 1.47 | 1.05 | 2.14 | 1.52 | 0.67 | 0.85 | |
No longer married | 1.12 | 0.96 | 1.24 | 1.79 | 1.28 | 1.29 | 0.75 | 0.98 | 0.71 | 0.93 | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 1.68 | 1.69 | 1.40 | 2.52 | 1.34 | 1.06 | 1.76 | |
Social support (low)b | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | 0.61 | 0.72 | 1.18 | 0.96 | 0.64 | 1.10 | 0.52 | 0.78 | 1.11 | 1.46 | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.72 | 1.47 | 0.72 | 0.48 | 0.57 | 0.43 | 1.58 | |
High | 0.52 | 0.56 | 1.32 | 0.83 | 0.63 | 1.38 | 0.48 | 0.63 | 1.20 | 1.54 | 0.35 | 0.58 | 0.74 | 0.84 | 1.69 | 0.63 | 0.47 | 0.67 | 0.36 | 1.16 | |
Education (no qualifications)b | |||||||||||||||||||||
Secondary school | 1.12 | 1.05 | 0.87 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.63 | 1.03 | 1.01 | 0.85 | 1.03 | 0.86 | 0.60 | 0.95 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.61 | 1.01 | 0.85 | 0.76 | 0.77 | |
Higher education | 1.32 | 1.03 | 0.70 | 0.94 | 0.90 | 0.68 | 1.26 | 0.77 | 0.88 | 1.10 | 0.35 | 0.56 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.72 | 0.54 | 1.02 | 0.76 | 0.60 | 0.55 | |
Housing (owned/mortgaged)b | |||||||||||||||||||||
Privately rented and other | 1.08 | 0.96 | 1.03 | 0.97 | 1.25 | 1.09 | 1.46 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.69 | 1.54 | 1.01 | 1.17 | 0.93 | 1.21 | 1.38 | 1.21 | 1.54 | 1.18 | 1.19 | |
Council/housing association | 1.34 | 1.19 | 0.88 | 0.91 | 0.95 | 0.83 | 0.78 | 1.23 | 1.32 | 0.90 | 1.45 | 0.55 | 0.90 | 1.10 | 1.06 | 0.66 | 1.23 | 0.71 | 0.53 | 1.40 | |
Employment (ful time)b | |||||||||||||||||||||
Part time | 0.84 | 1.08 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.84 | 0.78 | 1.28 | 1.40 | 1.08 | 0.81 | 0.69 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 1.26 | 0.80 | 0.74 | 0.48 | 0.52 | |
Self-employed | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.94 | 1.09 | 0.86 | 0.89 | 0.68 | 0.53 | 0.82 | 0.93 | 1.28 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.45 | 1.09 | 0.69 | 0.94 | 0.92 | 1.02 | 1.24 | |
Cannot work due to illness | 1.54 | 1.12 | 3.01 | 2.17 | 2.24 | 1.72 | 1.84 | 1.07 | 1.46 | 1.76 | 1.99 | 1.98 | 2.14 | 2.03 | 2.01 | 3.37 | 2.52 | 1.60 | 1.59 | 4.96 | |
Others not in paid employment | 1.11 | 1.36 | 1.10 | 1.32 | 1.20 | 1.49 | 1.32 | 0.95 | 1.74 | 1.82 | 0.99 | 1.13 | 1.32 | 1.12 | 0.92 | 2.16 | 1.17 | 1.28 | 1.51 | 1.10 | |
Household income (<£15 000),b £ | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 000-29 999 | 0.89 | 1.11 | 0.79 | 0.97 | 0.77 | 0.73 | 0.61 | 0.74 | 0.80 | 0.84 | 0.76 | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.94 | 0.92 | |
30 000-49 999 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.53 | 0.60 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.50 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.63 | 0.79 | 0.61 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.56 | 0.54 | |
≥50 000 | 0.72 | 0.86 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.63 | 0.93 | 0.47 | 0.75 | 0.88 | 0.91 | 0.60 | 0.91 | 0.98 | 0.72 | 0.88 | 0.59 | 0.35 | 0.53 | 0.72 | 0.79 | |
Ethnicity (white)b | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 1.10 | 1.27 | 0.58 | 0.66 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.09 | 1.28 | 0.34 | 1.04 | 1.25 | 0.70 | 0.91 | 0.90 | 2.15 | 1.27 | 0.57 | 0.18 | 1.32 | 0.34 | |
Smoking (never)b | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ex-smoker | 0.92 | 0.85 | 1.06 | 1.29 | 0.96 | 0.84 | 1.06 | 1.28 | 0.80 | 0.85 | 1.01 | 1.04 | 1.14 | 1.00 | 0.94 | 1.46 | 1.12 | 1.08 | 1.33 | 1.02 | |
Current smoker | 1.09 | 0.81 | 0.85 | 1.50 | 1.31 | 0.89 | 1.15 | 1.07 | 1.49 | 1.40 | 1.10 | 1.16 | 0.92 | 1.19 | 1.49 | 1.28 | 1.24 | 1.87 | 1.97 | 1.11 | |
Chronic condition (no)b | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yes | 2.00 | 1.47 | 1.59 | 1.52 | 1.85 | 1.12 | 2.85 | 1.92 | 1.43 | 1.22 | 2.94 | 2.17 | 1.85 | 1.43 | 2.56 | 1.67 | 3.22 | 3.22 | 1.54 | 2.22 |
aAdjusted for sex, age, marital status, social support, level of education, housing tenure, employment status, household income, ethnicity, smoking status, and presence of a chronic condition, except when the variable itself was being examined.
↵b Referent group (odds ratio = 1.00).
Bold indicates significance at 1% level.