Table 3 Relative risk ratio for the association of ageing self- perceptions with drinking (n = 6510) and smoking behaviour (n = 6415), after correction for other covariates

Timeline chronic

0.99

1.02

1.26^

1.3

1.18

(0.92–1.07) ns

(0.93–1.11) ns

(0.76–2.10) ns

(0.67–2.52) ns

(1.03–1.33)*

Consequences positive

0.96

0.90

0.94

0.98

0.88

(0.88–1.05) ns

(0.81–1.00)*

(0.87–1.02) ns

(0.88–1.09) ns

(0.76–1.02) ns

Emotional representation

1.11

1.18

1.07

1.13

1.05

(1.02–1.21)*

(1.07–1.30)**

(0.99–1.15) ns

(1.03–1.25)*

(0.92–1.20) ns

Control positive

1.11

0.61^

0.97

0.93

0.86

(1.01–1.22)*

(0.25–1.51) ns

(0.89–1.06) ns

(0.84–1.04) ns

(0.74–1.00) ns

Control & consequences negative

0.99

0.92

1.06

1.25

1.20

(0.86–1.15) ns

(0.78–1.08) ns

(0.93–1.21) ns

(1.05–1.49) *

(0.93–1.53) ns