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. 2012 Sep 18;12:803. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-803

Table 4.

Comparisons of smoking and drinking patterns across profiles: smoking plus heavy drinking versus others

 
Cigarettes per day
Years smoked
Binge drinking, prior 3 months
  Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Health Behavior Profiles
 
a
 
a
 
a
Smoker, active, heavy drinker
14.1 (10.1)
---
38.5 (7.3)
---
16.3 (27.2)
---
Smoker, active, moderate drinker
10.7 (9.1)
***
36.6 (9.8)
 
 
 
Smoker, active, non-drinker
12.5 (9.9)
 
37.8 (10.4)
 
 
 
Non-smoker, active, heavy drinker
 
 
 
 
8.9 (19.7)
***
 
 
b
 
b
 
b
Smoker, inactive, heavy drinker
16.3 (12.7)
---
40.6 (9.2)
---
16.7 (28.4)
---
Smoker, inactive, moderate drinker
11.7 (9.1)
***
39.6 (7.7)
 
 
 
Smoker, inactive, non-drinker
11.7 (8.7)
***
41.0 (10.2)
 
 
 
Non-smoker, inactive, heavy drinker         9.3 (20.7) ***

*P ≤ .05; ** P ≤ .01; *** P ≤ .001.

a Mean difference compared to the smoker, active, heavy drinker profile.

b Mean difference compared to the smoker, inactive, heavy drinker profile.