Table 2 Health status and health behaviour characteristics for the 1973–78 cohort and chi-square associations between these characteristics and caring†
Characteristics | Baseline N (%) | Latent classes (N = 14,202) | x 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall highest (n = 100) | Overall lowest (n = 13,332) | Short-term (n = 374) | Early high then fluctuating (n = 110) | Low then increasing (n = 286) | |||
Self-rated health | x 2 (12) = 31.7*** | ||||||
Fair/poor | 1,716 (12.0%) | 18.0% | 11.8% | 16.5% | 20.4% | 14.8% | |
Good | 5,208 (36.5%) | 33.0% | 36.9% | 33.8% | 30.6% | 38.5% | |
Very good | 5,469 (38.4%) | 41.0% | 38.7% | 40.0% | 40.7% | 31.4% | |
Excellent | 1,773 (12.4%) | 8.0% | 12.6% | 9.7% | 8.3% | 15.2% | |
Physical activity (S2) a | x 2 (12) = 17.9 | ||||||
Nil/sedentary | 943 (6.6%) | 18.2% | 9.9% | 8.9% | 10.8% | 12.8% | |
Low | 3,297 (23.1%) | 38.9% | 34.9% | 34.5% | 33.7% | 36.7% | |
Moderate | 2,201 (15.4%) | 11.7% | 23.5% | 21.5% | 21.7% | 25.2% | |
High | 2,995 (21.0%) | 31.2% | 31.7% | 35.1% | 33.7% | 25.2% | |
Body mass index b | x 2 (12) = 25.2* | ||||||
Underweight | 1,245 (8.7%) | 13.9% | 10.3% | 7.8% | 7.4% | 6.3% | |
Healthy weight | 8,361 (58.7%) | 59.3% | 68.4% | 65.8% | 65.3% | 67.7% | |
Overweight | 1,875 (13.2%) | 12.8% | 15.2% | 18.0% | 18.9% | 18.5% | |
Obese | 772 (5.4%) | 13.9% | 6.1% | 8.4% | 8.4% | 7.6% | |
Cigarette smoking | x 2 (8) = 11.8 | ||||||
Current smoker | 4,421 (31.0%) | 40.0% | 32.1% | 36.2% | 34.0% | 36.2% | |
Ex-smoker | 2,085 (14.6%) | 15.6% | 15.2% | 14.6% | 18.0% | 18.3% | |
Never smoker | 7,123 (49.9%) | 44.4% | 52.6% | 49.2% | 48.0% | 45.5% | |
Alcohol consumption c | x 2 (12) = 23.2* | ||||||
Non-drinker | 1,254 (8.8%) | 9.3% | 8.9% | 10.2% | 7.3% | 8.8% | |
Rarely drinks | 4,855 (34.1%) | 40.2% | 34.0% | 41.2% | 38.2% | 42.3% | |
Low risk drinker | 7,197 (50.5%) | 45.4% | 51.6% | 43.1% | 47.2% | 43.3% | |
Risky drinker | 782 (5.5%) | 5.1% | 5.5% | 5.4% | 7.3% | 5.6% | |