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Table 4 Occurrence of multiple health risk factors and of each behavioral health risk factor profile stratified by school education (lowest, medium, highest) and employment status

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

Health risk factor(s)

Lowest

(n = 1354)

Medium

(n = 3715)

Highest

(n = 1137)

Unemployed

(n = 749)

Employed

(n = 3680)

Others

(n = 1791)

Mean number (standard deviation)

2.2

(0.9)

1.9

(0.9)

1.5

(1.0)

2.2

(0.9)

1.8

(1.0)

1.8

(0.9)

 

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

Multiple, ≥2

79.0

(76.8–81.2)

66.5

(64.9–68.0)

48.0

(45.1–51.0)

77.8

(74.7–80.8)

63.6

(62.0–65.1)

65.3

(63.1–67.5)

Profile

 no health risk factor

2.3

(1.6–3.2)

7.0

(6.2–7.8)

16.9

(14.8–19.2)

2.1

(1.2–3.4)

9.3

(8.4–10.3)

6.9

(5.7–8.1)

 smoking (only)

3.7

(2.8–4.8)

3.6

(3.0–4.3)

4.0

(3.0–5.4)

2.8

(1.7–4.3)

4.0

(3.4–4.6)

3.6

(2.8–4.6)

 alcohol (only)

0.5

(0.2–1.1)

0.8

(0.5–1.2)

4.7

(3.5–6.1)

0.9

(0.4–1.9)

1.7

(1.3–2.2)

1.2

(0.7–1.8)

 overweight (only)

7.3

(6.0–8.8)

12.3

(11.2–13.4)

14.2

(12.2–16.3)

8.5

(6.6–10.8)

12.5

(11.5–13.6)

10.7

(9.3–12.2)

 inactivity (only)

7.2

(5.8–8.7)

9.9

(8.9–10.9)

12.2

(10.4–14.3)

7.7

(5.9–9.9)

8.9

(8.0–9.9)

12.3

(10.9–14.0)

 smoking plus alcohol

1.7

(1.1–2.5)

1.2

(0.9–1.6)

4.4

(3.3–5.8)

2.4

(1.4–3.8)

1.8

(1.4–2.3)

1.8

(1.2–2.5)

 smoking plus overweight

3.2

(2.4–4.3)

4.6

(3.9–5.3)

3.1

(2.2–4.3)

3.9

(2.6–5.5)

4.5

(3.86–5.2)

3.0

(2.3–3.92)

 smoking plus inactivity

11.9

(10.2–13.7)

9.0

(8.1–10.0)

4.3

(3.2–5.7)

10.8

(8.7–13.3)

8.1

(7.2–9.0)

9.5

(8.2–10.9)

 alcohol plus overweight

1.5

(0.9–2.3)

2.5

(2.0–3.1)

3.7

(2.7–5.0)

1.9

(1.0–3.1)

2.9

(2.4–3.5)

1.8

(1.3–2.6)

 alcohol plus inactivity

0.8

(0.4–1.4)

1.3

(1.0–1.7)

2.3

(1.5–3.3)

1.6

(0.8–2.8)

1.5

(1.2–2.0)

0.9

(0.5–1.4)

 overweight plus inactivity

25.3

(23.0–27.7)

23.3

(22.0–24.7)

16.3

(14.2–18.5)

20.4

(17.6–23.5)

20.8

(19.5–22.2)

26.7

(24.7–28.9)

 smoking plus alcohol plus overweight

1.6

(1.0–2.4)

1.5

(1.1–1.9)

1.7

(1.0–2.6)

1.7

(0.9–2.9)

1.7

(1.3–2.2)

1.1

(0.6–1.7)

 smoking plus alcohol plus inactivity

6.3

(5.0–7.7)

4.0

(3.4–4.7)

2.7

(1.9–3.8)

8.8

(6.9–11.1)

3.6

(3.0–4.2)

3.8

(3.0–4.8)

 smoking plus overweight plus inactivity

16.8

(14.8–18.9)

10.6

(9.6–11.6)

4.3

(3.2–5.7)

14.8

(12.4–17.6)

9.7

(8.8–10.7)

11.3

(9.9–12.8)

 alcohol plus overweight plus inactivity

4.1

(3.1–5.3)

4.6

(3.9–5.3)

3.3

(2.3–4.5)

4.5

(3.2–6.3)

4.8

(4.1–5.6)

2.8

(2.1–3.7)

 all four health risk factors

5.8

(4.6–7.2)

3.9

(3.3–4.5)

2.0

(1.3–3.0)

6.9

(5.2–9.0)

4.0

(3.4–4.7)

2.6

(1.9–3.4)

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