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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Epidemiol Community Health. 2015 Oct 19;70(3):292–298. doi: 10.1136/jech-2015-206425

Table 2. Distribution of poor health behaviours according to health behaviour score.

Health behaviour score
Distribution of poor health behaviours 1 2 3 or 4
Men Women Men Women Men Women
Activity 208 (32.8%) 373 (68.4%)
Diet 248 (39.1%) 73 (13.4%)
Alcohol 127 (20.0%) 36 (6.6%)
Smoking 51 (8.0%) 63 (11.6%)
Total 634 545
Activity-Diet 97 (30.4%) 51 (40.8%)
Activity-Alcohol 62 (19.4%) 13 (10.4%)
Activity-Smoking 17 (5.3%) 31 (24.8%)
Diet-Alcohol 59 (18.5%) 3 (2.4%)
Diet-Smoking 68 (21.3%) 23 (18.4%)
Alcohol-Smoking 16 (5.0%) 4 (3.2%)
Total 319 125
Activity-Diet-Alcohol 27 (24.1%) 4 (18.2%)
Activity-Diet-Smoking 36 (32.1%) 10 (45.5%)
Diet-Alcohol-Smoking 29 (25.9%) 3 (13.6%)
Activity-Alcohol-Smoking 5 (4.5%) 3 (13.6%)
Activity-Alcohol-Diet-Smoking 15 (13.4%) 2 (9.1%)
Total 112 22

Percentages are relative to the total number of men or women with the health behaviour score indicated