Table 4 Health status and health behaviour characteristics for 1946–51 cohort and chi-square associations between these characteristics and caring†
Characteristics | Baseline N (%) | Latent classes (N = 12,282) | x 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall highest (n = 2,605) | Overall lowest (n = 8,618) | Low then increasing (n = 1,059) | |||
Self-rated health | x 2 (6) =10.9 | ||||
Excellent | 1,759 (12.8%) | 12.0% | 14.0% | 14.1% | |
Very good | 4,857 (35.4%) | 35.9% | 37.0% | 35.6% | |
Good | 5,379 (39.2%) | 41.5% | 38.7% | 39.8% | |
Fair/poor | 1,560 (11.4%) | 10.5% | 10.3% | 10.5% | |
Physical activity (S2) a | x 2 (6) =7.7 | ||||
Nil/sedentary | 2,028 (14.8%) | 16.9% | 18.4% | 15.5% | |
Low | 3,470 (25.3%) | 30.2% | 30.9% | 31.2% | |
Moderate | 2,483 (18.1%) | 23.0% | 21.9% | 23.1% | |
High | 3,245 (23.7%) | 29.9% | 28.8% | 30.2% | |
Body mass index b | x 2 (4) =10.8* | ||||
Underweight/healthy weight | 6,923 (50.5%) | 50.1% | 53.8% | 52.8% | |
Overweight | 3,804 (27.7%) | 30.5% | 28.5% | 28.6% | |
Obese | 2,452 (17.8%) | 19.4% | 17.7% | 18.6% | |
Cigarette smoking | x 2 (4) =10.5* | ||||
Current smoker | 2,431 (17.7%) | 16.7% | 17.3% | 14.9% | |
Ex-smoker | 3,776 (27.5%) | 27.4% | 29.3% | 27.7% | |
Never smoker | 7,050 (51.4%) | 55.9% | 53.4% | 57.4% | |
Alcohol consumption c | x 2 (6) =33.1*** | ||||
Non-drinker | 2,063 (15.0%) | 16.6% | 13.9% | 13.1% | |
Rarely drinks | 4,272 (31.1%) | 32.4% | 30.3% | 33.5% | |
Low risk drinker | 6,533 (47.6%) | 46.6% | 50.1% | 49.6% | |
Risky drinker | 716 (5.2%) | 4.3% | 5.7% | 3.8% | |