Association between the risk of sub-health and health promotion lifestyle: a nested case-control study / 南方医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the relationship between the occurrence of sub-health and health promotion lifestyle in Guangdong province to provide epidemiological evidences for prevention of sub-health.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A 11 nested case-control study was carried out involving 133 cases from the cohort study paired with 133 control case matched for gender and age.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The univariate conditional logistic regression model showed no significant association of marital status, education level, or body mass index with the occurrence of sub-health, but a significant correlation was found between lifestyle and sub-health with an odd ratio of 5.90 (95% CI 3.12-11.16, P=0.000). Analysis of the multivariate conditional logistic regression model on the 6 subscales of health promotion lifestyle showed that stress management was significantly correlated with the occurrence of sub-health with an odd ratio of 4.00 (95% CI 1.54-10.40, P=0.004).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>A unhealthy lifestyle, especially in terms of stress management, is the major risk factor contributing to the occurrence of sub-health.</p>