Table 4.

Study participants’ age- and sex-standardized mortality ratio compared with US general population and excess deaths per 1000 person-years

	SMR (95% CI)	Excess deaths per 1000 person-y (95% CI)
Smoking status
Never	4.3 (3.8-4.7)	25.5 (22-29)
Former	4.5 (4.0-5.0)	36.9 (32-42)
Current	8.7 (6.4-10.9)	39.4 (28-51)
Alcohol consumption status
Nonheavy drinker	4.0 (3.6-4.3)	30.7 (28-34)
Heavy drinker	13.0 (10.0-15.9)	53.5 (40-67)
Levels of vigorous exercise (total metabolic equivalent h/wk-1)
0 MET h/wk-1	4.9 (4.4-5.2)	35.4 (32-39)
3 to <9 MET h/wk-1	2.4 (1.9-2.8)	11.0 (7-15)
≥9 MET h/wk-1	6.7 (5.7-7.9)	30.4 (24-36)

SMR, standardized mortality ratio.