XXXX , self-perceived health status and health risk behaviors: gender differences.

@entity1 @entity64 @entity101 @entity6 @entity102 @entity583
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between @entity102 and health risk behaviors and self-perceived health status by gender. METHODS: A total of 39.821 adults (30+ years old) who participated in the system Vigil  ncia de Fatores de Risco e Prote    o para Doen  as Cr  nicas por Inqu  rito Telef  nico (VIGITEL--Telephone-Based Surveillance of Risk and Protective Factors for @entity102 ) carried out in 27 Brazilian capitals in 2006 were included in the study. The dependent variable was medical diagnosis reporting of @entity6 , @entity101 and @entity583 or @entity64 . Respondents were grouped into three categories: no disease; one @entity102 ; and two or more. The associations between the dependent variable and sociodemographic characteristics, behavioral risk factors (smoking, consumption of fatty meat and whole milk, leisure-time physical inactivity, low fruit and vegetable intake and intake of added salt) and self-perceived health status were assessed in @entity1 and @entity1 using multinomial logistic regression. RESULTS: @entity102 reporting was higher among older @entity1 and @entity1 with lower schooling, BMI > or = 30 kg/m2 and who were on a diet. There was an inverse association between number of risk behaviors and two or more @entity102 (OR: 0.64; 95% CI: 0.54;0.76 among @entity1 and OR: 0.86; 95% CI: 0.77;0.97 among @entity1 ). Those @entity1 (OR: 33.61; 95% CI: 15.70;71.93) and @entity1 (OR: 13.02; 95% CI: 6.86; 24.73) who self-perceived their health as poor reported more @entity102 . There was no statistical interaction between self-perceived health status and gender. CONCLUSIONS: An inverse association between number of risk behaviors and reporting of two or more @entity102 suggests a reverse causality and/or higher survival rates among those who take better care of themselves. @entity1 seem to have poorer perception of their health status compared to @entity1 , after adjustment for confounders.
