Table 4 Odds ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) for fair/poor self-rated health (SRH) for women with normal pregnancy and women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in relation to life style and health status four years after index pregnancy in univariate and stepwise multivariate logistic regression analyses

Smoking 2009

No

32 (74.4%)

318 (82.4%)

1.0

Yes

11 (25.6%)

68 (17.6%)

0.62

0.30 – 1.29

Alcohol 2009

Never/≤ once/month

31 (72.1%)

180 (46.6%)

1.0

≥2-4 times/month

12 (27.9%)

206 (53.4%)

0.34

0.17 – 0.68

0.46

0.22-0.95

0.81

0.34-1.91

Eating habits 2009

3 main courses

6 (60.5%)

314 (82.0%)

1.0

Irregular meals

17 (39.5%)

69 (18.0%)

2.98

1.53 – 5.78

2.84

1.36-5.79

2.82

1.22-6.53

Yes

13 (33.3%)

240 (63.8%)

1.0

No

26 (66.7%)

136 (36.2%)

3.53

1.76 – 7.10

3.01

1.47-6.15

2.86

1.26-6.49

Multivariate OR* for poor SRH

Pregnancy 2005

Normal

23 (53.5%)

302 (78.2%)

1.0

GDM

20 (46.5%)

84 (21.8%)

3.13

1.64 – 5.97

0.97

0.43-2.19

0.80

0.33-1.98

Born outside Sweden

No

31 (72.1%)

344 (89.6%)

1.0

Yes

12 (27.9%)

40 (10.4%)

3.33

1.58 – 7.00

2.61

1.00- 6.77

2.21

0.78-6.24

Body Mass Index 2009

≤24.99

9 (22.0%)

268 (72.6%)

1.0

25.0 – 29.99

15 (36.6%)

69 (18.7%)

6.47

2.72 – 15.42

5.25

2.14- 12.86

5.95

2.24-15.83

≥30.0

17 (41.5%)

32 (8.7%)

15.82

6.51 – 38.42

9.94

3.76- 26.29

11.40

3.78-34.34

No

23 (54.8%)

305 (79.4%)

1.0

Yes

19 (45.2%)

79 (20.6%)

3.19

1.66 – 6.15

1.80

0.84- 3.85

1.12

0.47-2.65

No

20 (46.5%)

314 (81.3%)

1.0

Yes

23 (53.5%)

72 (18.7%)

5.02

2.61 – 9.62

2.97

1.39-6.37

3.18

1.38-7.36

Diabetes diagnosis 2009

No

40 (93.0%)

371 (96.1%)

1.0

Yes

3 (7.0%)

15 (3.9%)

1.86

0.52 – 6.68