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

Table 4.

The most common 12 combinations of individual risk behaviours associated with all-cause and cardio-metabolic disease (CMD) mortality in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), Norway (1995–1997 to 2012, n = 37 785)

Combinations Alcohol Smoking Physical inactivity Sitting Sleep Social participation All-cause mortality CMD mortality
Prevalence Deaths Adjusteda HR (95% CI) Deaths Adjusteda SHR (95% CI)
1 14.1 170 1 39 1
2 + 9.6 114 1.15 (0.90-1.48) 33 1.46 (0.91-2.35)
3 + 7.5 131 1.18 (0.93-1.49) 41 1.68 (1.07-2.66)
4 + 6.8 177 1.42 (1.14-1.77) 58 1.57 (1.03-2.39)
5 + + 5.4 123 1.14 (0.89-1.45) 32 1.00 (0.63-1.60)
6 + + 4.5 68 1.14 (0.85-1.52) 25 1.61 (0.96-2.69)
7 + 4.5 111 2.30 (1.80-2.93) 29 2.40 (1.47-3.91)
8 + + 4.4 85 1.47 (1.13-1.91) 30 2.22 (1.39-3.54)
9 + + + 3.8 161 2.87 (2.28-3.62) 47 3.15 (1.98-5.03)
10 + + 3.6 124 2.19 (1.72-2.8) 38 2.31 (1.43-3.74)
11 + + 3.3 77 2.17 (1.64-2.88) 23 2.77 (1.64-4.67)
12 + + + 3.2 83 1.56 (1.19-2.04) 35 2.69 (1.59-4.20)

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