End-digits preference for self-reported height depends on language

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Table 3 Preference for end-digits in height: Swiss Health Surveys (SHS) 1992–2002, (N = 47,117).

End-digit preference	0 or 5				2, 4, 6 or 8
	%	OR	LCI	UCI	%	OR	LCI	UCI
Men	32.5	1			43.2	1
Women	33.5	1.00	0.96	1.04	41.2	0.94	0.90	0.97
Age 15–30 y	35.1	1.11	1.05	1.18	39.0	0.84	0.79	0.89
Age 31–45 y	32.5	1.06	1.00	1.12	41.3	0.90	0.86	0.95
Age 46–59 y	31.3	1			43.9	1
Age 60+y	33.7	1.09	1.03	1.15	43.8	1.01	0.96	1.07
No secondary or tertiary education	37.9	1.29	1.21	1.38	39.7	0.91	0.86	0.97
Secondary education	32.0	1.08	1.02	1.14	42.7	0.99	0.94	1.04
Tertiary education	30.5	1			43.3	1
Swiss nationals, German-speaking	30.3	1			44.4	1
Swiss nationals, French-speaking	35.3	1.24	1.18	1.3	39.9	0.84	0.80	0.88
Swiss nationals, Italian-speaking	39.6	1.50	1.38	1.63	36.9	0.73	0.68	0.80
German¹ nationals	29.2	0.98	0.85	1.13	44.4	0.98	0.86	1.12
French nationals	40.6	1.61	1.33	1.95	35.9	0.70	0.58	0.85
Italian nationals	44.1	1.73	1.58	1.89	35.0	0.69	0.63	0.76
Other nationals	37.8	1.34	1.24	1.46	38.4	0.83	0.76	0.90
BMI <18.5	35.7	1.07	0.98	1.18	40.8	1.03	0.94	1.13
BMI 18.5–24	33.1	1			41.5	1
BMI 25–29	32.8	0.99	0.94	1.03	43.4	1.03	0.99	1.08
BMI ≥ 30	31.9	0.94	0.87	1.02	43.5	1.05	0.97	1.13
Never-smokers	34.4	1			41.1	1
Ex-smokers	31.4	0.90	0.86	0.94	43.5	1.09	1.04	1.13
Smokers	32.1	0.89	0.85	0.94	42.8	1.06	1.00	1.11
Survey 1992/93	34.7	1.12	1.07	1.17	41.8	0.99	0.95	1.04
Survey 1997	32.8	1.01	0.96	1.06	42.0	1.01	0.96	1.06
Survey 2002	32.0	1			42.4	1

¹ including nationals of Austria and the Principality of Liechtenstein
Proportions (%) and odds ratios (OR, adjusted for all other listed variables), with upper (UCI) and lower (LCI) 95% confidence interval.

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