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Table 3 Occurrence of multiple health risk factors and of each behavioral health risk factor profile stratified by gender and age

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

Health risk factor(s)

Women

(n = 2586)

Men

(n = 3665)

18–34 years

(n = 1546)

35–49 years

(n = 1615)

50–64 years

(n = 3090)

Mean number (standard deviation)

1.7

(0.9)

2.0

(1.0)

1.7

(1.0)

2.0

(1.0)

1.9

(0.9)

 

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

Multiple, ≥2

57.9

(56.0–59.8)

71.2

(69.7–72.7)

57.3

(54.8–59.8)

69.5

(67.2–71.8)

67.9

(66.3–69.6)

Profile

 no health risk factor

10.9

(9.7–12.2)

5.6

(4.8–6.4)

12.8

(11.2–14.6)

6.7

(5.6–8.1)

5.8

(5.0–6.7)

 moking (only)

4.0

(3.3–4.8)

3.5

(2.9–4.2)

8.2

(6.9–9.7)

3.1

(2.30–4.1)

1.8

(1.3–2.31)

 alcohol (only)

1.4

(0.9–1.9)

1.5

(1.1–1.9)

3.9

(3.0–5.0)

0.9

(0.5–1.5)

0.5

(0.3–0.8)

 overweight (only)

11.3

(10.1–12.6)

11.8

(10.8–12.9)

8.3

(7.0–9.8)

9.9

(8.5–11.5)

14.1

(12.9–15.4)

 inactivity (only)

14.5

(13.2–16.0)

6.4

(5.6–7.2)

9.4

(8.0–11.0)

9.8

(8.4–11.4)

9.9

(8.8–11.0)

 smoking plus alcohol

1.0

(0.7–1.5)

2.5

(2.0–3.1)

5.3

(4.2–6.5)

1.2

(0.76–1.9)

0.5

(0.3–0.84)

 smoking plus overweight

3.3

(2.6–4.0)

4.5

(3.9–5.3)

5.8

(4.6–7.0)

5.3

(4.3–6.5)

2.5

(1.9–3.1)

 smoking plus inactivity

10.2

(9.0–11.4)

7.8

(7.0–8.7)

10.9

(9.4–12.6)

8.7

(7.3–10.1)

7.8

(6.9–8.8)

 alcohol plus overweight

1.5

(1.0–2.0)

3.2

(2.6–3.8)

2.7

(1.9–3.6)

2.6

(1.9–3.5)

2.3

(1.8–2.9)

 alcohol plus inactivity

1.0

(0.7–1.5)

1.6

(1.2–2.1)

1.8

(1.21–2.6)

0.7

(0.3–1.22)

1.5

(1.1–2.0)

 overweight plus inactivity

24.3

(22.6–26.0)

21.0

(19.7–22.4)

8.8

(7.4–10.3)

20.9

(18.9–22.9)

30.0

(28.4–31.6)

 smoking plus alcohol plus overweight

0.7

(0.4–1.1)

2.1

(1.7–2.6)

2.8

(2.0–3.7)

1.7

(1.16–2.5)

0.8

(0.5–1.15)

 smoking plus alcohol plus inactivity

3.2

(2.6–4.0)

5.0

(4.4–5.8)

6.0

(4.8–7.2)

5.5

(4.4–6.7)

2.8

(2.3–3.5)

 smoking plus overweight plus inactivity

9.8

(8.7–11.0)

11.4

(10.4–12.5)

7.6

(6.3–9.0)

13.4

(11.8–15.1)

10.9

(9.9–12.1)

 alcohol plus overweight plus inactivity

1.3

(0.9–1.8)

6.3

(5.6–7.2)

1.9

(1.3–2.7)

4.6

(3.6–5.7)

5.2

(4.5–6.1)

 all four health risk factors

1.7

(1.2–2.2)

5.6

(4.9–6.4)

3.9

(3.0–5.0)

5.0

(3.9–6.1)

3.5

(2.9–4.2)

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