Table 5 Multivariate linear regression of the two standardised summary scores of the SF-36

Intercept

59.181

56.510, 61.852

 < 0.001

45.983

42.936, 49.031

 < 0.001

Gender

 Male^a

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Female

−1.761

−2.725, −0.798

 < 0.001

−0.323

−1.362, 0.715

0.542

Age groups (years)

 18–24^a

-

-

-

-

-

-

 25–34

0.907

−1.227, 3.041

0.405

−1.974

−4.510, 0.563

0.127

 35–44

−0.763

−2.990, 1.464

0.502

0.233

−2.366, 2.832

0.861

 45–54

−2.750

−4.997, −0.502

0.017

3.098

0.517, 5.680

0.019

 55–64

−4.041

−6.291, −1.791

 < 0.001

4.578

2.002, 7.155

 < 0.001

 65 + 

−5.186

−8.058, −2.315

 < 0.001

5.556

2.462, 8.651

 < 0.001

Highest level of education

 Primary school or less

−2.072

−3.324, −0.821

0.001

0.513

−0.810, 1.836

0.447

 Secondary school

−0.508

−1.579, 0.563

0.352

−0.184

−1.343, 0.975

0.755

 College/university degree^a

-

-

-

-

-

-

Place of residence

 Capital^a

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Other town

0.999

−0.629, 2.626

0.229

0.312

−1.438, 2.062

0.727

 Village

−0.555

−2.251, 1.141

0.521

0.183

−1.703, 2.069

0.849

Geographical region

 Central Hungary^a

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Eastern Hungary

−1.182

−2.720, 0.356

0.132

0.723

−0.888, 2.334

0.379

 Western Hungary

−0.611

−2.169, 0.946

0.441

0.802

−0.807, 2.412

0.328

Employment

 Employed^a

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Retired

−3.040

−4.948, −1.131

0.002

2.411

0.630, 4.191

0.008

 Disability pensioner

−6.522

−9.624, −3.419

 < 0.001

−0.541

−3.505, 2.422

0.720

 Student

0.562

−1.980, 3.104

0.665

−0.237

−3.373, 2.899

0.882

 Unemployed

−1.403

−3.393, 0.588

0.167

−0.149

−2.334, 2.036

0.893

 Homemaker/housewife

−1.709

−4.077, 0.659

0.157

2.232

−0.269, 4.732

0.080

 Other

−1.141

−3.767, 1.484

0.393

−0.299

−3.039, 2.442

0.831

Household net monthly income per person (HUF)

 Lower median (≤ 125,001)^a

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Upper median (> 125,001)

−0.165

−1.295, 0.964

0.774

1.544

0.361, 2.727

0.011

 Don’t know/Don’t want to answer

1.040

−0.175, 2.256

0.093

0.868

−0.475, 2.211

0.205

Marital status

 Married

−0.990

−2.340, 0.359

0.150

1.864

0.392, 3.336

0.013

 Domestic partnership

−0.197

−1.646, 1.251

0.789

1.037

−0.611, 2.684

0.217

 Single^a

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Widowed

−1.650

−4.148, 0.848

0.195

2.769

0.359, 5.180

0.024

 Divorced

−0.805

−2.734, 1.125

0.414

1.309

−0.759, 3.377

0.214

 Other

−0.936

−4.889, 3.017

0.642

2.383

−2.031, 6.798

0.290

BMI groups

 Underweight (under 18.5)

0.662

−2.051, 3.374

0.632

−2.001

−5.111, 1.110

0.207

 Normal weight (between 18.5 and 24.9)^a

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Overweight (between 25 and 29.9)

−0.327

−1.423, 0.769

0.558

0.605

−0.581, 1.791

0.317

 Obesity (between 30 and 39.9)

−2.043

−3.313, −0.774

0.002

1.100

−0.255, 2.455

0.112

Chronic disease

 Yes

−3.733

−4.695, −2.771

 < 0.001

−2.363

−3.539, −1.187

 < 0.001

 No^a

-

-

-

-

-

-

 Don’t know/Don’t want to answer

0.319

−1.386, 2.024

0.714

−2.849

−4.821, −0.876

0.005