Table 5.

Disability (2004) odds ratios associated with different combinations of smoking and physical inactivity patterns in 1968 and 1981 (n = 925)

	Non-smoking	Discontinued smoking	Persistent/new smoking
Active	1.0 (Reference) n = 264	1.2 (0.6–2.2) n = 64	0.8 (0.5–1.4) n = 117
Discontinued inactivity	1.2 (0.7–2.0) n = 121	0.5 (0.2–1.4) n = 30	1.2 (0.6–2.5) n = 54
Persistent/new inactivity	1.7 (1.1–2.6) n = 164	0.9 (0.3–2.5) n = 27	2.1 (1.2–3.7) n = 84

Adjusted for age, sex, education, social class, as well as health problems (circulatory, mobility, and psychological) in 1981