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Table 2 Occurrence of multiple health risk factors and of each behavioral health risk factor profile in the total sample and stratified by medical department

From: Behavioral health risk factor profiles in general hospital patients: identifying the need for screening and brief intervention

Health risk factor(s)

Total

(n = 6251)

Internal medicine

(n = 2284)

General surgery

(n = 957)

Ear-nose-throat

(n = 1282)

Trauma surgery

(n = 1728)

Mean number (standard deviation)

1.9

(1.0)

1.9

(0.9)

1.8

(0.9)

1.9

(1.0)

1.9

(1.0)

 

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

Multiple, ≥2

65.7

(64.5–66.9)

67.4

(65.5–69.3)

64.6

(61.5–67.6)

65.5

(62.8–68.1)

64.2

(61.9–66.5)

Profile

 no health risk factor

7.8

(7.1–8.5)

5.7

(4.8–6.7)

8.7

(7.0–10.6)

8.3

(6.9–10.0)

9.6

(8.3–11.1)

 smoking (only)

3.7

(3.3–4.2)

2.4

(1.8–3.1)

3.2

(2.2–4.6)

4.7

(3.6–6.0)

5.0

(4.1–6.2)

 alcohol (only)

1.4

(1.2–1.8)

0.8

(0.5–1.30)

1.6

(0.9–2.6)

1.8

(1.1–2.7)

1.9

(1.32–2.7)

 overweight (only)

11.6

(10.8–12.4)

12.7

(11.4–14.2)

11.4

(9.4–13.6)

9.8

(8.3–11.6)

11.5

(10.0–13.1)

 inactivity (only)

9.8

(9.0–10.5)

10.9

(9.7–12.3)

10.6

(8.7–12.7)

9.8

(8.3–11.6)

7.7

(6.5–9.1)

 smoking plus alcohol

1.9

(1.6–2.3)

1.0

(0.6–1.51)

0.9

(0.4–1.8)

2.3

(1.52–3.2)

3.3

(2.5–4.3)

 smoking plus overweight

4.0

(3.5–4.5)

2.8

(2.1–3.5)

3.6

(2.5–4.9)

4.4

(3.4–5.7)

5.6

(4.6–6.8)

 smoking plus inactivity

8.8

(8.1–9.5)

8.7

(7.5–9.9)

8.5

(6.8–10.4)

10.5

(8.9–12.3)

7.9

(6.6–9.2)

 alcohol plus overweight

2.5

(2.1–2.9)

2.1

(1.6–2.8)

2.0

(1.2–3.1)

2.5

(1.7–3.5)

3.2

(2.4–4.1)

 alcohol plus inactivity

1.4

(1.1–1.7)

1.6

(1.1–2.2)

1.8

(1.0–2.8)

1.2

(0.7–2.0)

1.0

(0.6–1.6)

 overweight plus inactivity

22.4

(21.4–23.4)

27.6

(25.8–29.5)

27.0

(24.2–29.9)

18.2

(16.1–20.4)

16.0

(14.3–17.8)

 smoking plus alcohol plus overweight

1.5

(1.2–1.9)

0.7

(0.4–1.2)

1.3

(0.6–2.2)

1.8

(1.1–2.7)

2.5

(1.8–3.3)

 smoking plus alcohol plus inactivity

4.3

(3.8–4.8)

4.3

(3.5–5.2)

3.1

(2.1–4.4)

4.6

(3.5–5.9)

4.7

(3.8–5.9)

 smoking plus overweight plus inactivity

10.7

(10.0–11.5)

10.4

(9.2–11.7)

10.8

(8.9–12.9)

10.9

(9.2–12.8)

11.1

(9.6–12.6)

 alcohol plus overweight plus inactivity

4.2

(3.8–4.8)

4.6

(3.8–5.5)

2.9

(2.0–4.2)

4.1

(3.1–5.4)

4.6

(3.6–5.7)

 all four health risk factors

4.0

(3.5–4.5)

3.6

(2.9–4.5)

2.8

(1.9–4.1)

4.9

(3.8–6.2)

4.4

(3.5–5.5)

  1. Notes: CI = confidence interval, non-overlapping 95% CIs indicate significant differences at p ≤ 0.01