Table 3.

Table 2. Multivariate logistic regression analyses of poor health behaviors by respondents to 1999 Large Health Survey of Veterans (n=501,161)

	Current smoker	No regular exercise	Obese	Smokes, obese, does not exercise
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Age 40–49a	1.44 (1.32, 1.42)	1.15 (1.08, 1.19)	1.17 (1.13, 1.22)	1.34 (1.25, 1.44)
Age 50–64 a	0.86 (0.83, 0.89)	1.18 (1.13, 1.21)	1.13 (1.09, 1.17)	0.95 (0.89, 1.02)
Age 65–74 a	0.31 (0.30, 0.33)	1.04 (1.02, 1.06)	0.77 (0.75, 0.80)	0.29 (0.27, 0.31)
Age 75–84 a	0.14 (0.14, 0.15)	1.10 (1.06, 1.14)	0.43 (0.41, 0.44)	0.09 (0.09, 0.10)
Age >=85 a	0.07 (0.06, 0.07)	1.74 (1.59, 1.82)	0.19 (0.17, 0.20)	0.03 (0.02, 0.05)
Gender, male b	1.14 (1.10, 1.18)	0.85 (0.81, 0.87)	0.88 (0.85, 0.91)	0.92 (0.86, 0.98)
Education categoryc	0.82 (0.81, 0.82)	0.81 (0.81, 0.82)	0.97 (0.96, 0.98)	0.83 (0.82, 0.84)
Black race d	1.21 (1.18, 1.23)	1.01 (0.99, 1.04)	0.96 (0.95, 0.98)	0.86 (0.82, 0.89)
Hispanic race d	0.76 (0.74, 0.79)	0.82 (0.80, 0.85)	1.01 (0.98, 1.04)	0.77 (0.72, 0.83)
Other race d	1.14 (1.10, 1.17)	0.92 (0.90, 0.95)	0.99 (0.97, 1.02)	1.05 (0.99, 1.11)
Service connection <50f	0.75 (0.73, 0.76)	1.02 (1.01, 1.04)	1.05 (1.03, 1.06)	0.87 (0.84, 0.91)
Service connection >50 f	0.80 (0.79, 0.82)	1.62 (1.59, 1.64)	1.00 (0.98, 1.02)	0.99 (0.95, 1.02)
Medical co- morbidity	1.03 (1.02, 1.03)	1.11 (1.11, 1.11)	1.06 (1.06, 1.06)	1.09 (1.08, 1.09)
Alcohol abuse or dependencee	3.08 (2.98, 3.19)	1.02 (0.98, 1.05)	0.53 (0.51, 0.55)	1.05 (0.99, 1.11)
Drug abuse or dependencee	1.74 (1.66, 1.83)	0.93 (0.89, 1.01)	0.73 (0.70, 0.77)	1.04 (0.96, 1.13)
Schizophreniae	1.69 (1.63, 1.75)	0.92 (0.89, 0.95)	1.05 (1.01, 1.09)	1.37 (1.29, 1.45)
Bipolare	1.18 (1.13, 1.24)	0.94 (0.90, 0.98)	1.25 (1.19, 1.30)	1.19 (1.11, 1.28)
Major depressione	0.95 (0.91, 1.02)	1.14 (1.10, 1.17)	1.05 (1.02, 1.08)	1.04 (1.02, 1.09)
PTSDe	1.22 (1.18, 1.25)	1.09 (1.06, 1.12)	1.10 (1.08, 1.13)	1.26 (1.20, 1.32)

Reference groups for covariates:

^aage < 40;

^bmale gender;

^cHigh school;

^dCaucasian race;

^epatients without the specified psychiatric diagnosis;

^fno service connection