Table 2.

Life expectancy gains in the US population (in years) by removing risk factors

	Smoking	High blood pressure	Excess body weight	High blood sugar	High cholesterol	Low physical activity	Low nut intake	Low vegetable intake	Low fruit intake	Low omega-3 intake	Alcohol intake	Inadequate seat belt use	Joint effects
Male	3.20	2.50	2.30	1.57	1.33	1.27	0.87	0.76	0.72	0.62	0.58	0.24	9.59
Female	2.39	2.92	2.21	1.38	0.92	1.39	0.72	0.70	0.61	0.54	0.40	0.23	8.98