Difference in health status of Korean farmers according to gender

Table 6 Adjusted odds ratio of lifestyle diseases, musculoskeletal pain, psychosocial stress, and self-health awareness according to gender

Variables	Female	95% CI
Variables	OR	95% CI
Lifestyle disease
Hypertension	1.42	0.70–2.87
Diabetes mellitus	0.53	0.21–1.36
Dyslipidemia	1.24	0.62–2.45
Anemia	1.54	0.50–4.71
Abnormal serum liver enzymes	1.40	0.52–3.75
Obesity	2.05	1.02–4.13
Metabolic syndrome	4.57	1.67–12.51
Musculoskeletal pain
Neck	0.90	0.25–3.28
Shoulder	0.75	0.34–1.65
Arm	0.67	0.25–1.80
Hand	16.79	3.09–91.30
Lower back	2.12	0.99–4.56
Leg	1.42	0.67–3.03
Pain in at least one body part	2.34	1.16–4.70
Psychosocial stress
High-risk stress	3.10	1.17–8.24
Self-health awareness
PCS	1.52	0.75–3.11
MCS	3.10	1.52–6.31
Total score	2.34	1.11–4.90

PCS physical component score, MCS mental component score.
Adjusted for age, working duration, main crops, presence of family members other than the spouse, spouse, income, housework time, alcohol drinking, smoking, exercise.
OR of male: 1.00.
Odds ratio and 95% confidence interval by multiple logistic regression analysis.

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