Table 3.

Relative risk ratio for the association of ageing self- perceptions with drinking (n = 6510) and smoking behaviour (n = 6415), after correction for other covariates

Ageing Self Perception	RRR for association with drinking/smoking behaviour				RRR for concurrent smoking and harmful drinking
	Moderate drinker	Harmful drinker	Former smoker	Current smoker
Timeline chronic	0.99	1.02	1.26^	1.3	1.18
	(0.92–1.07) ns	(0.93–1.11) ns	(0.76–2.10) ns	(0.67–2.52) ns	(1.03–1.33)*
Consequences positive	0.96	0.90	0.94	0.98	0.88
	(0.88–1.05) ns	(0.81–1.00)*	(0.87–1.02) ns	(0.88–1.09) ns	(0.76–1.02) ns
Emotional representation	1.11	1.18	1.07	1.13	1.05
	(1.02–1.21)*	(1.07–1.30)**	(0.99–1.15) ns	(1.03–1.25)*	(0.92–1.20) ns
Control positive	1.11	0.61^	0.97	0.93	0.86
	(1.01–1.22)*	(0.25–1.51) ns	(0.89–1.06) ns	(0.84–1.04) ns	(0.74–1.00) ns
Control & consequences negative	0.99	0.92	1.06	1.25	1.20
	(0.86–1.15) ns	(0.78–1.08) ns	(0.93–1.21) ns	(1.05–1.49) *	(0.93–1.53) ns

*p ≤ 0.05, **P < 0.01, ns not significant, RRR relative risk ratios (95 % Confidence Interval) ^interaction terms for age/sex were found to be significant and controlled for