Table 2.
Health behaviors in adults aged 18 years and older by epilepsy status–2010 National Health Interview Survey.a
| No history of epilepsy (n = 26,659) |
History of epilepsy (n = 480) |
Active epilepsyb (n = 277) |
Inactive epilepsyb (n = 198) |
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| n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | |
| Alcohol drinking statusc | ||||||||
| Lifetime abstainers | 5,871 | 20.5 (19.8 – 21.3) | 128 | 31.1 (26.3 – 36.3) | 85 | 34.8 (28.0 – 42.3) | 41 | 26.4(19.6 – 34.6) |
| Former drinkers | 3,978 | 14.3 (13.8 – 14.9) | 117 | 18.8 (15.4 – 22.7) | 78 | 20.8 (16.2 – 26.2) | 37 | 15.8 (11.2 – 21.9) |
| Current drinkers | 16,363 | 65.1 (64.2 – 66.0) | 226 | 50.1 (45.1 – 55.2) | 108 | 44.4(37.6 – 51.5) | 117 | 57.7 (49.7 – 65.4) |
| Smoking statusd | ||||||||
| Lifetime nonsmokers | 15,858 | 59.0 (58.2 – 59.8) | 219 | 54.8 (50.2 – 59.3) | 128 | 56.4 (50.1 – 62.6) | 90 | 53.1 (46.1 – 59.9) |
| Former smokers | 5,626 | 21.7 (21.1 – 22.3) | 113 | 23.5 (19.9 – 27.4) | 69 | 23.6 (18.8 – 29.2) | 42 | 22.8 (17.5 – 29.3) |
| Current smokers | 5,002 | 19.3 (18.7 – 19.9) | 142 | 21.8 (18.1 – 25.9) | 75 | 20.0 (15.5 – 25.4) | 65 | 24.1 (18.3 – 30.9) |
| During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for more than one day because you were trying to quit smoking (asked only of current smokers)? | ||||||||
| Yes | 2,359 | 46.6 (44.9 – 48.4) | 70 | 48.6 (39.5 – 57.7) | 36 | 48.3 (35.9 – 60.9) | 33 | 48.9 (35.1 – 62.9) |
| Would you like to completely quit smoking cigarettes (asked only of current smokers)? | ||||||||
| Yes | 3,179 | 68.9 (67.2 – 70.5) | 95 | 67.4 (57.2 – 76.2) | 52 | 75.4 (61.0 – 85.7)* | 42 | 59.1 (44.5 – 72.2) |
| In the past 12 months, has a medical doctor, dentist, or other health professional advised you to quit smoking or quit using other kinds of tobacco (asked only of current smokers and former smokers who had seen a doctor or health professional)? | ||||||||
| Yes | 2,241 | 43.3 (41.7 – 45.0) | 78 | 41.6 (33.1 – 50.7) | 48 | 46.9 (33.9 – 60.3) | 28 | 35.5 (24.5 – 48.2) |
| Met aerobic guidelinese | ||||||||
| Yes | 11,282 | 46.3 (45.4 – 47.2) | 157 | 39.1 (34.3 – 44.1) | 81 | 35.2 (28.8 – 42.1) | 76 | 44.3 (36.5 – 52.3) |
| During the past 7 days, did you walk for at least 10 min for (fun, relaxation, exercise, walk the dog)? | ||||||||
| Yes | 12,139 | 50.8 (49.9 – 51.7) | 176 | 44.4 (38.6 – 50.3) | 90 | 39.6 (32.3 – 47.4) | 85 | 50.6 (41.5 – 59.8) |
| During the past 12 months, did a doctor or other health professional recommend that you begin or continue to do any type of exercise or physical activity? | ||||||||
| Yes | 6,765 | 33.5 (32.7 – 34.4) | 152 | 37.6 (31.8 – 43.8) | 87 | 34.4 (27.5 – 41.9) | 62 | 42.7 (33.9 – 52.1) |
| On average, how many hours of sleep do you get in a 24-hour period? | ||||||||
| 6 or less | 7,683 | 28.6 (28.0 – 29.3) | 178 | 34.4 (29.4 – 39.8) | 103 | 34.1 (27.3 – 41.7) | 71 | 32.2 (24.7 – 40.7) |
| 7 or 8 | 16,090 | 61.9 (61.2 – 62.7) | 231 | 53.0 (47.4 – 58.6) | 122 | 49.8 (42.0 – 57.7) | 108 | 59.8 (50.9 – 68.1) |
| 9 or more | 2,520 | 9.5 (9.0 – 9.9) | 61 | 12.5 (9.3 – 16.7) | 44 | 16.1 (11.4 – 22.3) | 17 | 8.0 (4.5 – 13.9)* |
Abbreviations: n, sample size; %, predicted marginal percentage; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval for weighted predicted marginal percentage.
Model adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, sex, and family income.
Those with active or inactive epilepsy are subsets of those with a history of epilepsy. Five adults with epilepsy could not be classified by activity level.
Lifetime alcohol drinking status: lifetime abstainer–had fewer than 12 drinks in entire lifetime; former drinker included both former infrequent (had 12 drinks or more in lifetime, but never as many as 12 drinks in a single year, and had no drinks in the past year) and former regular (had 12 drinks or more in one year, but no drinks in the past year); or current drinker–had at least 12 drinks in lifetime and at least 1 drink in the past year.
Lifetime cigarette smoking status: never smoker–never smoked at all or smoked less than 100 cigarettes in lifetime; former smoker–smoked at least 100 cigarettes in lifetime but not currently smoking; or current smoker–smoked at least 100 cigarettes in lifetime and currently smokes.
Respondents were considered as meeting the aerobic activity guidelines if they participated in moderate-intensity leisure-time physical activities 150 min or more per week or in vigorous-intensity activities 75 min or more per week or an equivalent combination of the two.
These estimates have a relative standard error ≥20% and ≤30%.