Elsevier

Preventive Medicine

Volume 18, Issue 4, July 1989, Pages 433-443
Preventive Medicine

Lifestyle and mortality among Norwegian men

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Abstract

Information on six different habits (cigarette smoking, physical activity, frequency of alcohol and of fruit/vegetable consumption, and daily bread and potato consumption) was obtained by two postal surveys (1964 and 1967) among Norwegian men. The answers were related to mortality among 10,187 respondents ages 35–74 years at the start of the follow-up period (1967–1978). Analyses, stratified by age, place of residence, marital status, and socioeconomic group, showed an association between the six variables and observed/expected deaths, as well as odds ratio estimates. A health practice score, obtained by adding the number of favorable habits, showed a strong inverse relationship with total mortality as well as deaths from cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and other causes. Odds ratio estimates for men with only favorable habits vs those with at most one such habit, were 0.31 for total mortality, 0.44 for cancer, and 0.36 for cardiovascular mortality. Separate analyses among current smokers and nonsmokers showed a particularly strong association between the five other habits and mortality from cardiovascular disease.

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Supported in part by grants from The Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities, The Norwegian Cancer Society, The Norwegian Society for Fighting Cancer, and by Erik Bjelke's tenure of a visiting scientist award from the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Based on previous work carried out under contract N01-CP-91043 with the National Cancer Institute, U.S.A.

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