Table 3.

Mortality risk among adults over 50: the effects of health behaviors within different behavioral profiles^a

	Mortality risk of:
	Smoking	Physical inactivity	Non-drinking	Heavy drinking
Behavioral profiles	HR (99% CI)
Non-smokers
Active, moderate drinker
Active, non-drinker			1.4***
			(1.1, 1.6)
Active, heavy drinker				1.0
				(0.7, 1.3)
Inactive, moderate drinker		1.5***
			(1.2, 1.8)
Inactive, non-drinker			1.4***	1.3***
		(1.3, 1.5)	(1.1, 1.4)
Inactive, heavy drinker		1.8***		1.1
		(1.2, 2.5)		(0.9, 1.4)
Smokers
Active, moderate drinker	1.9***
	(1.2, 2.9)
Active, non-drinker	2.0***		1.4*
	(1.6, 2.4)		(0.9, 2.2)
Active, heavy drinker	3.6***			1.8**
	(2.4, 5.4)			(1.1, 2.9)
Inactive, moderate drinker	1.8***	1.4
	(1.3, 2.4)	(0.9, 2.3)
Inactive, non-drinker	1.7***	1.2*	1.2
	(1.5, 2.0)	(1.0, 1.5)	(0.9, 1.6)
Inactive, heavy drinker	2.5***	1.2		1.6***
	(1.8, 3.4)	(0.8, 1.68)		(1.1, 2.2)

* P ≤ .05; ** P ≤ .01; *** P ≤ .001.

^aModels adjusted for the following in 1998: age, gender, marital status, race, education, household income, self-rated health, 5 serious chronic diseases, functional limitations, and body mass index.