Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics by sex and AUDIT score.

From: Sex difference in IgE sensitization associated with alcohol consumption in the general population

Audit

Male

Female

Low

Inter-mediate

High

P value

Low

Inter-mediate

High

P value

Numbers (%)

400 (43.6)

304 (33.1)

214 (23.3)

 

671 (83.4)

104 (12.9)

30 (3.7)

 

Age (years)

40.4 ± 0.9

37.3 ± 0.9

43.1 ± 0.9

<0.0001*

40.4 ± 0.5

33.5 ± 1.6

32.0 ± 1.8

<0.0001*

Urban

72.1

71.2

69.2

0.840

74.8

68.5

72.8

0.576

Educational level (≤middle school)

16.4

13.3

19.2

0.254

24.1

20.2

15.6

0.485

Without spouse

5.9

4.5

10.7

0.178

13.0

25.9

34.1

0.026*

Income (lower quartile)

38.9

37.6

44.1

0.486

43.6

37.0

45.0

0.603

Without occupation

26.2

21.8

12.4

0.005*

44.2

36.8

16.1

0.014*

Current smoking

40.8

57.5

62.0

<0.0001*

4.0

15.0

28.9

<0.0001*

Regular exercise

20.2

24.3

17.5

0.290

24.5

27.3

29.9

0.725

Short sleep duration (≤6 hours)

42.0

43.2

46.4

0.665

35.3

43.9

53.8

0.128

BMI ≥ 25 kg/m 2

34.8

37.6

40.5

0.531

23.4

14.8

53.6

0.001*

Low vitamin D (≤20 ng/mL)

38.6

36.9

44.0

0.418

21.4

33.6

25.1

0.065

  1. Values are shown as percentages or means.
  2. AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test;
  3. BMI: body mass index
  4. *p < 0.05.