Recent data indicate that self-rated health among Croatians is substantially lower, and the gender gap more pronounced, than the EU28. Thus, our study aims to test the sex-specific associations of various health-risk characteristics with subjective and objective health in the Croatian population aged 50 and older (2,436 individuals, cross-sectional SHARE Wave 6 dataset). The logistic regression analyses were performed on health-risk behaviours (nutrition, physical activity, smoking, and alcohol consumption), together with the selected socioeconomic variables and the quality of life scale (CASP-12). The study revealed the importance of vigorous physical activity and the CASP score as being consistently relevant for objective and subjective health in both sexes. Univariate associations of the majority of health- -risk behaviours and health have disappeared from the multivariate model; we have thus concluded that they are often a proximate reflection of underlying economic and psychosocial factors. Furthermore, our findings support the necessity of country-specific health-risk research since the relevance of particular health risks can be considered culturally specific.

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50岁及以上克罗地亚人客观和主观健康方面的健康风险行为

最新数据表明，与EU28相比，克罗地亚人的自我评价健康水平低得多，性别差距更为明显。因此，我们的研究旨在检验年龄在50岁以上的克罗地亚人口（2,436个人，横截面SHARE Wave 6数据集）中各种健康风险特征与主观和客观健康之间的性别相关性。对健康风险行为（营养，体育活动，吸烟和饮酒）以及所选的社会经济变量和生活质量量表（CASP-12）进行逻辑回归分析。这项研究表明，积极进行体育锻炼和CASP评分对于男女双方的客观和主观健康始终如一地相关，这一点很重要。大多数健康风险行为和健康的单变量关联已从多变量模型中消失；因此，我们得出的结论是，它们通常是潜在的经济和社会心理因素的近距离反映。此外，我们的研究结果支持了针对特定国家/地区的健康风险研究的必要性，因为特定健康风险的相关性可以被认为是特定于文化的。