Table 3 Brain gray matter volume across alcohol and smoking groups in the CARDIA brain MRI cohort
From: Cigarette smoking and gray matter brain volumes in middle age adults: the CARDIA Brain MRI sub-study
Alcohol non-users | Light-risk alcohol users | High-risk alcohol users | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Betaa (95% CI) | Meanb (SE) | n | Betaa (95% CI) | Meanb (SE) | n | Betaa (95% CI) | Meanb (SE) | |
Never-smokers | 156 | Ref. | 518.44 (1.85) | 167 | Ref. | 520.26 (1.72) | 39 | Ref. | 516.02 (3.54) |
Former-smokers | 92 | −2.32 (−8.79, 4.15) | 516.36 (2.38) | 85 | −0.38 (−6.39, 5.62) | 519.69 (2.38) | 42 | −6.52 (−15.92, 2.88) | 512.04 (3.33) |
Current smokers | 38 | 3.28 (−5.53, 12.09) | 520.50 (3.83) | 42 | −11.65 (−23.05, −0.26) | 511.85 (3.49) | 37 | −11.11 (−19.60, −2.63) | 506.96 (3.91) |
