Table 1.

Construction Workers’ Health Behaviors Compared to Age Adjusted White Males in Missouri

	White Male Construction Workers n = 1464	BRFSS - White Males in MO n=1908	Prevalence Ratio (95% CI)
Current Smoker, yes	35.1%	24.5%	1.43 (1.29 – 1.59)
Alcohol use - frequency
Did not drink in the past 30 days	16.6%	41.7%	0.40 (0.35 – 0.45)
Few times a month	36.8%	32.3%	1.41 (1.04 – 1.25)
Few times a week	25.2%	14.0%	1.80 (1.56 – 2.07)
Nearly every day/Everyday	21.4%	11.9%	1.79 (1.53 – 2.20)
Alcohol use - quantity
Did not drink in the past 30 days	20.7%	41.7%	0.50 (0.44 – 0.56)
Less than 5 drink per week	31.2%	31.4%	0.99 (0.90 – 1.10)
Less than 20 drinks per week	34.1%	21.4%	1.59 (1.42 – 1.78)
20 or more drinks per week	14.1%	5.5%	2.56 (2.04 – 3.22)
5+ alcoholic drinks/day (last 30 days)
None	39.5%	72.9%	0.54 (0.50 – 0.58)
Less than 5 days	29.1%	21.4%	1.36 (1.21 – 1.53)
More than 5 days	31.4%	5.6%	5.58 (4.56 – 6.83)
Seatbelt Use, yes	84.4%	91.4%	0.92 (0.90 – 0.95)
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Normal/Underweight	27.4%	30.4%	0.90 (0.81 – 1.00)
Overweight	46.2%	39.2%	1.18 (1.09 – 1.27)
Obese	24.6%	27.2%	0.90 (0.80 – 1.01)
Morbidly Obese	1.9%	3.1%	0.59 (0.38 – 0.92)