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. 2017 Jan 10;17:58. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3993-x

Table 3.

Lifestyle risk indexa associated with all-cause and cardio-metabolic disease (CMD) mortality in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (the HUNT Study), Norway (1995–1997 to 2012, n = 37 785)

All-cause mortality CMD mortality
n Deaths Adjusted HRb (95% CI) Deaths Adjusted SHRb (95% CI)
No risk behaviour 5312 170 1 39 1
One 11 703 582 1.37 (1.15-1.62) 180 1.75 (1.24-2.48)
Two 11 364 673 1.55 (1.31-1.84) 210 1.94 (1.38-2.73)
Three 6557 566 2.26 (1.91-2.69) 184 2.80 (1.97-3.96)
Four 2312 260 3.16 (2.60-3.85) 84 3.66 (2.49-5.37)
Five 480 72 4.26 (3.22-5.62) 28 5.28 (3.18-8.77)
Six 57 14 6.15 (3.56-10.63) 2 2.23 (0.50-9.92)

aLifestyle risk index was a sum of the following six risk behaviours: at-risk alcohol consumption, currently smoking, physical inactivity, excessive sitting, sleep too little/much, and poor social participation

b HR, Hazard ratio and SHR, subhazardratio: Adjusted for sex, educational attainment and marital status