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Table 3 Mortality risk among adults over 50: the effects of health behaviors within different behavioral profiles a

From: A prospective cohort study of health behavior profiles after age 50 and mortality risk

 

Mortality risk of:

 

Smoking

Physical inactivity

Non-drinking

Heavy drinking

Behavioral profiles

HR (99% CI)

Non-smokers

Active, moderate drinker

    

Active, non-drinker

  

1.4***

 
  

(1.1, 1.6)

 

Active, heavy drinker

   

1.0

    

(0.7, 1.3)

Inactive, moderate drinker

 

1.5***

  
 

(1.2, 1.8)

  

Inactive, non-drinker

 

1.4***

1.3***

 
  

(1.3, 1.5)

(1.1, 1.4)

 

Inactive, heavy drinker

 

1.8***

 

1.1

  

(1.2, 2.5)

 

(0.9, 1.4)

Smokers

 

Active, moderate drinker

1.9***

   

(1.2, 2.9)

 

Active, non-drinker

2.0***

 

1.4*

 
 

(1.6, 2.4)

(0.9, 2.2)

Active, heavy drinker

3.6***

  

1.8**

 

(2.4, 5.4)

 

(1.1, 2.9)

Inactive, moderate drinker

1.8***

1.4

  

(1.3, 2.4)

(0.9, 2.3)

 

Inactive, non-drinker

1.7***

1.2*

1.2

 
 

(1.5, 2.0)

(1.0, 1.5)

(0.9, 1.6)

 

Inactive, heavy drinker

2.5***

1.2

 

1.6***

 

(1.8, 3.4)

(0.8, 1.68)

 

(1.1, 2.2)

  1. * P ≤ .05; ** P ≤ .01; *** P ≤ .001.
  2. aModels adjusted for the following in 1998: age, gender, marital status, race, education, household income, self-rated health, 5 serious chronic diseases, functional limitations, and body mass index.
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