Open AccessLow-Risk Lifestyle Behaviors and All-Cause Mortality: Findings From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III Mortality Study
Author(s) -
Earl S. Ford,
Guixiang Zhao,
James H. Tsai,
Chaoyang Li
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300167
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , demography , mortality rate , gerontology , disease , proportional hazards model , alcohol consumption , national death index , environmental health , population , alcohol , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology
We examined the relationship between 4 low-risk behaviors-never smoked, healthy diet, adequate physical activity, and moderate alcohol consumption-and mortality in a representative sample of people in the United States.