The association between self-rated health and adverse health behaviors among military officers

Objective To explore the relation between self-rated health and the co-occurrence of health risk behaviors.Methods The cross-sectional data of 2068 male military officers of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces was studied.Results The rates of excellent,good,fair and poor self-rated health were 28.2%,43.1%,25.3%,3.4%.Self-rated health among military officer was influenced by age,post,basic education,marital status,heavy drinking,heavy smoking,body mass index abnormity,physical inactivity,lack of sleeping and high strain.L ogistic regression models adjusted for age,basiceducation and marital status showed that poor self-rated health was associatied with 1.12 times higher odds for having one health risk behavior,1.25 times higher odds for having two health risk behaviors,1.32 times higher odds for having three health risk behaviors,1.39 times higher odds for having more than three health risk behaviors.Conclusion Self-rated health may be associated with the co-occurrence of health risk behaviors.