Table 3 Hazard ratios (HR) of marital dissolution associated with six health and health behavior variables

Poor subjective health

 None

1.00

1.00

 Husband only

1.30

1.10

1.54

0.002

1.11

0.93

1.32

0.259

 Wife only

1.37

1.16

1.62

<0.001

1.06

0.89

1.26

0.530

 Interaction

0.96

0.70

1.33

0.819

0.99

0.71

1.37

0.930

 Both (product)^a

1.72

1.35

2.20

<0.001

1.15

0.89

1.50

0.284

Obesity

 None

1.00

1.00

 Husband only

0.93

0.72

1.21

0.595

0.97

0.74

1.25

0.791

 Wife only

1.08

0.87

1.35

0.480

1.11

0.89

1.38

0.363

 Interaction

0.84

0.41

1.69

0.622

0.86

0.42

1.74

0.671

 Both (product)^a

0.84

0.45

1.58

0.596

0.92

0.49

1.72

0.788

Heavy drinking

 None

1.00

1.00

 Husband only

1.49

1.30

1.70

<0.001

1.29

1.13

1.48

<0.001

 Wife only

2.00

1.51

2.66

<0.001

1.62

1.22

2.16

0.001

 Interaction

0.58

0.38

0.90

0.014

0.65

0.42

1.00

0.049

 Both (product)^a

1.73

1.26

2.36

0.001

1.35

0.99

1.86

0.060

Mental distress

 None

1.00

1.00

 Husband only

2.06

1.69

2.51

<0.001

1.89

1.54

2.33

<0.001

 Wife only

2.51

2.15

2.93

<0.001

2.26

1.92

2.67

<0.001

 Interaction

0.64

0.43

0.97

0.034

0.64

0.42

0.97

0.034

 Both (product)^a

3.32

2.38

4.63

<0.001

2.74

1.93

3.89

<0.001

No exercise

 None

1.00

1.00

 Husband only

1.15

1.00

1.33

0.047

1.02

0.88

1.17

0.824

 Wife only

1.18

1.02

1.37

0.029

1.07

0.92

1.24

0.385

 Interaction

0.73

0.59

0.90

0.004

0.78

0.63

0.96

0.019

 Both (product)^a

0.99

0.86

1.14

0.884

0.84

0.73

0.97

0.017

Smoking

 None

1.00

1.00

 Husband only

1.78

1.53

2.08

<0.001

1.71

1.46

2.00

<0.001

 Wife only

1.64

1.40

1.92

<0.001

1.53

1.30

1.79

<0.001

 Interaction

0.78

0.63

0.97

0.023

0.79

0.64

0.99

0.037

 Both (product)^a

2.28

1.99

2.60

<0.001

2.07

1.80

2.37

< 0.001