Table 3
Creation of comparable smoking, alcohol, physical activity and diet variables from the Canadian Community Health Survey, National Health Interview Survey and Scottish Health Survey
| CCHSTable 3 Note ‡ (Canada) | NHIS (United States) | SHeS (Scotland) | Comparability | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCHS NHIS | CCHS SHeS | NHIS SHeS | ||||
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Never smoker | Has never smoked a whole cigarette (SMKDSTY = 6); Former always occasional smoker with <100 cigarette history (SMKDSTY = 5 and SMK_01A = 2) | Nonsmoker with <100 cigarette history (SMKEV = 2 and SMKNOW = 3) | Has never smoked or used to smoke cigarettes occasionally (CIGST1 = 1 or 2) | High | High | High |
| Light smoker | Daily smoker with <20 cigarettes/day (SMKDSTY = 1 and SMK_204 <20); Current occasional smoker (SMKDSTY = 2 or 3); | Daily smoker with <20 cigarettes/day (SMKNOW = 1 and CIGSDA1 <20); Occasional smoker (SMKNOW = 2) | Current smoker (daily or occasional) with <20 cigarettes/day (CIGST1 = 4 and CIGDYAL < 20) | High | High | High |
| Heavy smoker | Daily smoker with >20 cigarettes/day (SMKDSTY = 1 and SMK_204 >20) | Daily smoker with >20 cigarettes/day (SMKNOW=1 and CIGSDA1 >20) | Current smoker with >20 cigarettes/day (CIGST1 = 4 and CIGDYAL >20) | High | High | High |
| Former smoker | Former daily smoker (SMKDSTY = 4); Former always occasional smoker with >100 cigarette history (SMKDSTY = 5 and SMK_01A = 1) | Former smoker with >100 cigarette history (SMKNOW = 3 and SMKEV = 1) | Former smoker (CIGST1 = 3) | High | High | High |
| Drinking status | ||||||
| Light drinker or non-drinker | Has never drunk (ALCDTYP = 4) | Has never drunk (ALCSTAT = 1) | n/a | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| Males: Current drinker who consumes 3 or fewer drinks/week on average (ALCDTYP = (1 or 2) and ALCDWKY <3) | Males: Current drinker who consumes 3 or fewer drinks/week on average (ALCSTAT = (5 6 7 8) and (ALC12MWK x ALCAMT) <3) | Males: Consumes 3 or fewer units of alcohol/week on average (DRATING <3) | High | Moderate | Moderate | |
| Females: Current drinker who consumes 2 or fewer drinks/week on average (ALCDTYP = (1 or 2) and ALCDWKY <2) | Females: Current drinker who consumes 2 or fewer drinks/week on average (ALCSTAT= (5 6 7 8) and (ALC12MWK x ALCAMT) <2) | Females: Consumes 2 or fewer units of alcohol/week on average (DRATING <2) | High | Moderate | Moderate | |
| Moderate drinker | Males: Current drinker who consumes more than 3 and up to 21 drinks/week on average (ALCDTYP = (1 or 2) and ALCDWKY >3 and ALCDWKY <21) | Males: Current drinker who consumes more than 3 and up to 21 drinks/week on average (ALCSTAT = (5 6 7 8) and (ALC12MWK x ALCAMT) >3 and ALC12MWK x ALCAMT) <21) | Males: Consumes more than 3 and up to 21 units of alcohol/week on average (DRATING >3 and DRATING <21) | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| Females: Current drinker who consumes more than 2 and up to 14 drinks/week on average (ALCDTYP = (1 or 2) and ALCDWKY >2 and ALCDWKY <14) | Females: Current drinker who consumes more than 2 and up to 14 drinks/week on average (ALCSTAT = (5 6 7 8) and (ALC12MWK x ALCAMT) >2 and ALC12MWK x ALCAMT) <14) | Females: Consumes more than 2 and up to 14 units of alcohol/week on average (DRATING >2 and DRATING <14) | High | Moderate | Moderate | |
| Heavy drinker | Males: Current drinker who consumes more than 21 drinks/week on average (ALCDTYP = (1 or 2) and ALCDWKY >21) | Males: Current drinker who consumes more than 21 drinks/week on average ((ALCSTAT = (5 6 7 8) and (ALC12MWK x ALCAMT) >21)) | Males: Consumes more than 21 units of alcohol/week on average (DRATING >21) | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| Females: Current drinker who consumes more than 14 drinks/week on average (ALCDTYP = (1 or 2) and ALCDWKY >14) | Females: Current drinker who consumes more than 14 drinks/week on average (ALCSTAT = (5 6 7 8) and (ALC12MWK x ALCAMT) >14) | Females: Consumes more than 14 units of alcohol/week on average (DRATING >14) | High | Moderate | Moderate | |
| Former drinker | Former drinker (ALCEDTYP = 3) | Former drinker (ALCSTAT = (2 3 4)) | Non-drinker who used to drink but stopped (DNNOW = 2 and DNEVR = 2) | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| Binge drinking | ||||||
| Binge drinker | Consumed 5 or more drinks at least once a week in the last year (ALC_3 = [5 or 6]) | Consumed 5 or more drinks on 52 or more days in the last year (ALC5UPYR >52) | Consumed 5 or more units of alcohol on the heaviest drinking day in the last week (D7UT08 >5) | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| Daily physical activity (METs) | Sum(Number of times activity performed in 12 months x Average duration of activity, in hours x MET value of activity)/365 (PACDEE) | Daily METs from vigorous physical activity (6 MET/hour) and moderate/light physical activity (3 MET/hour) ([6(VIGFREQW x (VIGMIN/60)) + 3(MODFREQW x (MODMIN/60))]/7) | Sum([Number of times activity performed in last 4 weeks x Average duration of activity, in hours x MET value of activity]/28) (See MET values in Appendix 1) | High | High | High |
| Fruit and vegetable consumption (excluding juice and potatoes) | Number of times a day consumes fruit and vegetables – Number of times a day consumes juice – Number of times a day consumes potatoes (FVCDTOT - FVCDJUI - FVCDPOT) | Number of times a day consumes fruit (not including juice) + Number of times a day consumes salad + Number of times a day consumes other vegetables (not including potatoes) (FRUIT + SALAD + OVEG) | Portions of all-sized fruit yesterday + Portions of vegetables yesterday (not including potatoes) + Portion of salad eaten yesterday + Portion of vegetables in composites (PORFRT + PORVEG + PORSAL + PORVDISH) | High | Moderate | Moderate |
Source: Documentation for the Canadian Community Health Survey, United States National Health Interview Survey and the Scottish Health Survey. |
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