Table 4 Comparisons of smoking and drinking patterns across profiles: smoking plus heavy drinking versus others
From: A prospective cohort study of health behavior profiles after age 50 and mortality risk
| Cigarettes per day | Years smoked | Binge drinking, prior 3 months | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||
| Health Behavior Profiles | a | a | a | |||
| Smoker, active, heavy drinker | 14.1 (10.1) | --- | 38.5 (7.3) | --- | 16.3 (27.2) | --- |
| Smoker, active, moderate drinker | 10.7 (9.1) | *** | 36.6 (9.8) | |||
| Smoker, active, non-drinker | 12.5 (9.9) | 37.8 (10.4) | ||||
| Non-smoker, active, heavy drinker | 8.9 (19.7) | *** | ||||
| b | b | b | ||||
| Smoker, inactive, heavy drinker | 16.3 (12.7) | --- | 40.6 (9.2) | --- | 16.7 (28.4) | --- |
| Smoker, inactive, moderate drinker | 11.7 (9.1) | *** | 39.6 (7.7) | |||
| Smoker, inactive, non-drinker | 11.7 (8.7) | *** | 41.0 (10.2) | |||
| Non-smoker, inactive, heavy drinker | 9.3 (20.7) | *** | ||||