Table 2 Cox proportional hazards models for risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, or cardiovascular disease diagnosis by adherence to individual healthy behaviour, stratified by BMI group

Smoking

 Never (reference)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Previous

1.25 (1.18–1.34)

1.25 (1.19–1.32)

1.27 (1.18–1.37)

1.27 (1.13–1.43)

1.25 (1.09–1.43)

1.25 (1.14–1.38)

1.19 (1.04–1.37)

1.13 (0.92–1.37)

1.12 (1.07–1.18)

1.13 (1.09–1.17)

1.14 (1.08–1.20)

1.16 (1.07–1.26)

 Current

3.07 (2.86–3.30)

2.29 (2.14–2.44)

2.01 (1.80–2.23)

1.85 (1.54–2.22)

3.49 (3.01–4.05)

2.71 (2.40–3.07)

2.29 (1.90–2.75)

1.89 (1.41–2.54)

1.96 (1.84–2.10)

1.69 (1.60–1.78)

1.54 (1.42–1.67)

1.59 (1.39–1.82)

Alcohol (g/week)

 None

1.27 (1.08–1.50)

1.00 (0.85–1.17)

1.21 (1.00–1.47)

1.12 (0.87–1.44)

1.52 (1.10–2.11)

1.00 (0.73–1.37)

1.07 (0.72–1.57)

1.06 (0.68–1.65)

1.18 (1.03–1.37)

1.10 (0.98–1.23)

1.37 (1.20–1.57)

1.21 (1.01–1.44)

 Occasional (< 8)

1.32 (1.09–1.61)

1.11 (0.93–1.31)

1.08 (0.85–1.38)

1.22 (0.91–1.62)

1.32 (0.87–2.01)

1.11 (0.78–1.57)

1.14 (0.72–1.79)

1.61 (1.02–2.51)

1.10 (0.93–1.31)

1.10 (0.97–1.25)

1.14 (0.97–1.35)

1.37 (1.12–1.66)

 Moderate (8–112) reference

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Heavy I (112–168)

0.97 (0.89–1.05)

0.89 (0.83–0.96)

1.08 (0.97–1.20)

1.09 (0.91–1.29)

0.81 (0.67–0.98)

0.88 (0.77–1.01)

1.07 (0.88–1.31)

1.04 (0.77–1.40)

0.94 (0.88–1.01)

0.98 (0.93–1.03)

0.94 (0.87–1.01)

0.96 (0.84–1.09)

 Heavy II (168–224)

0.95 (0.86–1.04)

0.95 (0.88–1.02)

0.88 (0.78–0.99)

1.18 (0.98–1.43)

0.80 (0.65–0.99)

0.87 (0.75–1.01)

0.83 (0.66–1.05)

1.28 (0.94–1.74)

0.94 (0.87–1.02)

0.94 (0.89–1.00)

0.99 (0.91–1.07)

1.10 (0.95–1.25)

 Heavy III (> 224)

1.23 (1.15–1.32)

1.00 (0.95–1.06)

1.12 (1.04–1.22)

1.09 (0.95–1.25)

1.30 (1.13–1.50)

1.05 (0.94–1.16)

1.21 (1.04–1.41)

1.04 (0.82–1.31)

1.05 (0.99–1.12)

0.96 (0.92–1.01)

1.02 (0.96–1.08)

1.04 (0.94–1.15)

Fruit/vegetables (servings/day)

 ≥ 5 (reference)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 < 5

1.17 (1.10–1.25)

1.03 (0.98–1.08)

1.02 (0.94–1.10)

0.98 (0.87–1.10)

1.12 (0.98–1.28)

1.07 (0.97–1.18)

1.02 (0.89–1.17)

1.08 (0.89–1.32)

1.08 (1.03–1.14)

1.05 (1.01–1.09)

1.03 (0.97–1.08)

0.97 (0.89–1.06)

Meeting physical activity guidelines

 Yes (reference)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 No

1.20 (1.14–1.27)

1.09 (1.04–1.15)

1.13 (1.06–1.21)

1.08 (0.96–1.20)

1.25 (1.11–1.41)

1.06 (0.97–1.16)

1.17 (1.03–1.32)

0.95 (0.79–1.15)

1.07 (1.02–1.13)

1.03 (0.99–1.07)

1.05 (1.00–1.10)

1.05 (0.97–1.14)