Table 5.

The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK) 1997–99, 70–74 year old individuals Drug use related to lifestyle factors. Bivariate analyses^1,2

Explanatory variables		Use of any drug (%) 1	Number of drugs used2	Use of five or more drugs (%) 1
	Categories
Daily cigarette smoking	yes (n = 482)	65.1	1.71	10.8
		71.4	2.02	9.1
	no	(p = 0.01)	(p < 0.01)	(p = 0.3)
Ever smoked	yes	70.7	2.02	11.7
		70.3	1.91	8.6
	no (n = 1421)	(p = 0.8)	(p = 0.1)	(p < 0.01)
Quit smoking	yes (n = 1347)	74.0	2.18	12.8
		68.2	1.83	8.7
	all others	(p < 0.01)	(p < 0.01)	(p < 0.01)
Number of cigarettes now	1–10 (n = 379)	66.5	1.72	9.5
	11+ (n = 129)	62.6	1.79	9.3
		(p = 0.2)	(p = 0.8)	(p = 0.7)
Smoked >10 cig daily for = > 30 years	yes (n = 357)	69.8	2.29	14.8
	all others	70.6	1.93	9.8
		(p = 0.8)	(p < 0.01)	(p < 0.01)
>10 cig daily for = > 30 years & smoking now	yes(n = 114)	60.6	1.75	8.8
	all others	70.9	1.98	10.4
		(p = 0.02)	(p = 0.2)	(p = 0.8)
>10 cig daily for = > 30 years & quit smoking	yes (n = 237)	73.5	2.56	18.1
	all others	70.3	1.93	9.8
		(p = 0.4)	(p < 0.01)	(p < 0.01)
Use of alcohol	yes	69.2	2.08	10.3
	no (n = 823)	73.6	1.93	10.9
		(p = 0.02)	(p = 0.1)	(p = 0.6)
Use of alcohol > 10 times/month	yes (n = 185)	69.4	1.96	10.8
	no	71.3	1.99	10.8
		(p = 0.7)	(p = 0.8)	(p = 1.0)
Use of > 10 glasses of alcohol/2 weeks	yes (n = 266)	67.6	1.89	10.5
	No	70.7	2.01	10.9
		(p = 0.3)	(p = 0.2)	(p = 0.9)
Light exercise	yes (n = 2 598)	69.2	1.87	9.0
	no	77.9	2.62	18.7
		(p < 0.01)	(p < 0.01)	(p < 0.01)
Intensive exercise	yes (n = 722)	64.3	1.65	6.6
	No	72.8	2.12	11.9
		(p < 0.01)	(p < 0.01)	(p < 0.01)
Body mass index > 27	yes (n = 1244)	76.7	2.25	12.8
	No	66.9	1.81	8.9
		(p < 0.01)	(p < 0.01)	(p < 0.01)
Body mass index > 30	yes (n = 462)	79.5	2.51	16.5
	No	69.1	1.88	9.3
		(p < 0.01)	(p < 0.01)	(p < 0.01)

¹chi squared test

²independent samples t-test