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Table 5 Logistic regressions predicting participants reporting health as Very Good or Excellent (VG/E), longitudinal data

From: The validity of self-rated health as a measure of health status among young military personnel: evidence from a cross-sectional survey

Variable

Odds Ratio

p value

Smoking Status of Smokers at Follow-up

  

   Smokers who did not return to smoking

1.00

 

   Smokers who returned to smoking

0.77

<.001

Smoking Status of Former Smokers at Follow-up

  

   Former smokers at baseline who did not re-initiate smoking

1.00

 

   Former smokers at baseline who did re-initiate smoking

0.74

.013

Smoking Status of Non-Smokers at Follow-up

  

   Non smokers at baseline who did not begin smoking

1.00

 

   Non smokers at baseline who began smoking

0.88

.035

Discharge

  

   Not discharged

1.00

 

   Discharged during BMT

0.57

<.001

   Discharged during technical training

0.76

<.001