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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 23.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2012 Apr 29;55(1):23–27. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.04.016

Table 5.

Adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) for mortality from all-causes among 8375 United States participants aged ≥20 years, by combinations of healthy behaviors, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2002 Linked Mortality Study.

Not
currently
smoking		 Healthy
diet		 Adequate
physical
activity		 Unadjusted
prevalence of
combination (%, SE)		 Adjusted hazard ratio
(95% confidence
interval)*
Total
− − − 12.6 (0.7) 1.00
+ − − 25.0 (0.9) 0.53 (0.33, 0.85)
− + − 4.1 (0.2) 1.03 (0.57, 1.86)
− − + 5.7 (0.3) 0.97 (0.56, 1.67)
+ + − 17.4 (0.4) 0.52 (0.35, 0.77)
+ − + 17.0 (0.6) 0.33 (0.18, 0.61)
− + + 2.3 (0.2) 0.49 (0.25, 0.98)
+ + + 15.9 (1.2) 0.17 (0.11, 0.27)
*

Adjusted for age, gender, race or ethnicity, educational status, alcohol use, and energy intake.