Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the reasons for reducing alcohol intake.
Intake level reported | Reason | N | Mean phenotype | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AC | BMI | Disease count | EA | |||
Yes | Illness or ill health | 8555 (5.6%) | 7.33 (0.10) | 28.53 (0.06) | 2.77 (0.02) | 12.81 (0.06) |
Doctor’s advice | 3331 (2.2%) | 14.72 (0.23) | 29.49 (0.09) | 2.58 (0.03) | 12.65 (0.09) | |
Health precaution | 48,483 (31.7%) | 9.98 (0.04) | 27.44 (0.02) | 1.54 (0.01) | 14.17 (0.02) | |
Financial reasons | 7323 (4.8%) | 10.27 (0.12) | 28.54 (0.06) | 1.74 (0.02) | 11.57 (0.06) | |
Other reason | 68,066 (44.6%) | 7.54 (0.03) | 27.71 (0.02) | 1.28 (0.01) | 13.90 (0.02) | |
Prefer not to answer | 268 (0.2%) | 5.77 (0.45) | 27.69 (0.30) | 1.75 (0.10) | 10.90 (0.30) | |
Do not know | 16,729 (11.0%) | 7.28 (0.06) | 27.96 (0.04) | 1.35 (0.01) | 13.00 (0.04) | |
No | Illness or ill health | 3541 (9.1%) | — | 29.28 (0.10) | 2.81 (0.03) | 12.35 (0.09) |
Doctor’s advice | 462 (1.2%) | — | 29.99 (0.26) | 2.77 (0.09) | 11.90 (0.24) | |
Health precaution | 6767 (17.5%) | — | 28.26 (0.06) | 1.87 (0.02) | 12.86 (0.06) | |
Financial reasons | 1600 (4.1%) | — | 29.05 (0.14) | 1.91 (0.05) | 11.26 (0.12) | |
Other reason | 21,362 (55.1%) | — | 28.62 (0.04) | 1.51 (0.01) | 12.88 (0.03) | |
Prefer not to answer | 101 (0.3%) | — | 28.23 (0.53) | 2.10 (0.17) | 9.56 (0.41) | |
Do not know | 4934 (12.7%) | — | 28.79 (0.08) | 1.53 (0.02) | 11.89 (0.07) | |
