Odds ratios for individual healthy behaviours at base-line and the various outcomes during 30 years in the Caerphilly Prospective Study.

All odds ratios have been adjusted for age and social class.[27]. Cognitive function has also been adjusted for the National Adult Reading Test Vascular disease includes ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic stroke.Smoking = men not smoking, including ex-smokers.BMI (Body Mass Index) = 18 to 25 Kg/m2.Fruit and vegetable consumption = 3 or more portions per day, plus less than 30% of calories from fat. The criterion for fruit and vegetable intake had to be reduced because only 15 men consumed five portions per day).Regular exercise = walking two or more miles to work each day, or cycling ten or more miles to work each day, or ‘vigorous’ exercise described as a regular habit.Alcohol intake = three or fewer units per day, with abstinence not treated as a healthy behaviour.