Table 1 Participant characteristics by alcohol consumption.

From: Alcohol consumption has a J-shaped association with bacterial infection and death due to infection, a population-based cohort study

 

Alcohol consumption, grams per day

 < 0.5

 < 0.5–5

5–10

10–15

15–20

20–25

25–30

 > 30

No, (%)

2,904 (5.0)

19,041 (32.8)

13,185 (22.7)

8,245 (14.2)

5,256 (9.0)

3,203 (5.5)

1,980 (3.4)

4,264 (7.3)

Age in 1997, years

median (IQR)

65.0 (56.0–72.0)

62.0 (54.0–70.0)

59.0 (53.0–67.0)

58.0 (52.0–66.0)

57.0 (52.0–65.0)

56.0 (51.0–64.0)

56.0 (51.0–63.0)

56.0 (51.0–64.0)

Alcohol, grams/day

median (IQR)

0.3 (0.2–0.4)

2.4 (1.4–3.6)

7.3 (6.1–8.6)

12.2 (11.0–13.6)

17.2 (16.1–18.5)

22.1 (21.0–23.4)

27.1 (26.0–28.5)

41.0 (34.1–54.5)

Women, n (%)

2,174 (74.9)

10,404 (54.6)

55,24 (41.9)

2,515 (30.5)

1,200 (22.8)

534 (16.7)

254 (12.8)

374 (8.8)

Education, n (%)

 < 9 years

1,365 (47.0)

7,647 (40.2)

4,370 (33.1)

2,409 (29.2)

1,540 (29.3)

863 (26.9)

530 (26.8)

1,228 (28.8)

 9–12 years

99 (3.4)

947 (5.0)

879 (6.7)

707 (8.6)

482 (9.2)

306 (9.6)

191 (9.6)

420 (9.8)

 > 12 years

350 (12.1)

2,852 (15.0)

2,587 (19.6)

1,817 (22.0)

1,173 (22.3)

726 (22.7)

463 (23.4)

908 (21.3)

 Other

1,090 (37.5)

7,595 (39.9)

5,349 (40.6)

3,312 (40.2)

2,061 (39.2)

1,308 (40.8)

796 (40.2)

1,708 (40.1)

Smoking, n (%)

 Never

1,750 (60.3)

9,513 (50.0)

5,389 (40.9)

2,839 (34.4)

1,593 (30.3)

919 (28.7)

504 (25.5)

860 (20.2)

 Former

609 (21.0)

5,461 (28.7)

4,689 (35.6)

3,295 (40.0)

2,288 (43.5)

1,377 (43.0)

919 (46.4)

1,847 (43.3)

 Current

545 (18.8)

4,067 (21.4)

3,107 (23.6)

2,111 (25.6)

1,375 (26.2)

907 (28.3)

557 (28.1)

1,557 (36.5)

 Living alone, n (%)

912 (31.4)

4,123 (21.7)

2,151 (16.3)

1,214 (14.7)

762 (14.5)

466 (14.5)

288 (14.5)

876 (20.5)

Charlson’s weighted comorbidity index

 0

2,237 (77.0)

15,494 (81.4)

11,168 (84.7)

7,146 (86.7)

4,518 (86.0)

2,793 (87.2)

1,732 (87.5)

3,646 (85.5)

 1

369 (12.7)

2,055 (10.8)

1,274 (9.7)

715 (8.7)

506 (9.6)

284 (8.9)

169 (8.5)

436 (10.2)

 2

225 (7.7)

1,108 (5.8)

556 (4.2)

284 (3.4)

167 (3.2)

91 (2.8)

64 (3.2)

126 (3.0)

  ≥ 3

73 (2.5)

384 (2.0)

187 (1.4)

100 (1.2)

65 (1.2)

35 (1.1)

15 (0.8)

56 (1.3)

Exercise, n (%)

  < 1 h/week

650 (22.4)

3,754 (19.7)

2,518 (19.1)

1,615 (19.6)

1,039 (19.8)

694 (21.7)

435 (22.0)

1,179 (27.7)

 1 h/week

630 (21.7)

4,060 (21.3)

2,819 (21.4)

1,803 (21.9)

1,090 (20.7)

635 (19.8)

460 (23.2)

766 (18.0)

 2–3 h/week

914 (31.5)

6,250 (32.8)

4,518 (34.3)

2,743 (33.3)

1,725 (32.8)

1,045 (32.6)

590 (29.8)

1,223 (28.7)

 4–5 h/week

352 (12.1)

2,356 (12.4)

1,669 (12.7)

1,021 (12.4)

673 (12.8)

387 (12.1)

240 (12.1)

503 (11.8)

  > 5 h/week

358 (12.3)

2,621 (13.8)

1,661 (12.6)

1,063 (12.9)

729 (13.9)

442 (13.8)

255 (12.9)

593 (13.9)

Walking/bicycling, n (%)

 Hardly ever

356 (12.3)

2,162 (11.4)

1,410 (10.7)

899 (10.9)

576 (11.0)

400 (12.5)

289 (14.6)

738 (17.3)

  < 20 min/day

572 (19.7)

3,944 (20.7)

2,963 (22.5)

1,954 (23.7)

1,335 (25.4)

793 (24.8)

506 (25.6)

1,082 (25.4)

 20–40 min/day

912 (31.4)

6,150 (32.3)

4,339 (32.9)

2,709 (32.9)

1,687 (32.1)

1,021 (31.9)

550 (27.8)

1,217 (28.5)

 40–60 min/day

531 (18.3)

3,340 (17.5)

2,258 (17.1)

1,354 (16.4)

814 (15.5)

513 (16.0)

304 (15.4)

590 (13.8)

  > 60 min/day

533 (18.4)

3,445 (18.1)

2,215 (16.8)

1,329 (16.1)

844 (16.1)

476 (14.9)

331 (16.7)

637 (14.9)