Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the study population.

From: Association of change in alcohol consumption with cardiovascular disease and mortality among initial nondrinkers

 

Alcohol intake during second health examination (drinks per day)

Total

0

 > 0– ≤ 1

 > 1– ≤ 2

 > 2– ≤ 4

 > 4

Number of participants (%)

112,403

96,716 (86.0)

10,621 (9.4)

2,476 (3.6)

1,784 (1.6)

806 (0.7)

Age, years, mean (SD)

58.7 (8.5)

59.0 (8.6)

56.8 (7.8)

56.6 (7.6)

56.3 (7.3)

55.1 (6.6)

Sex, N (%)

 Men

40,035 (35.6)

28,994 (30.0)

6,485 (61.1)

2,132 (86.1)

1,639 (92.4)

775 (96.2)

 Women

72,368 (64.4)

67,722 (70.0)

4,136 (38.9)

344 (13.9)

135 (7.6)

31 (3.9)

Household income, quartiles, N (%)

 1st (highest)

37,640 (33.5)

31,672 (32.8)

4,010 (37.8)

958 (38.7)

685 (38.4)

315 (39.1)

 2nd

32,879 (29.3)

28,277 (29.2)

3,047 (28.7)

761 (30.7)

545 (30.6)

249 (30.9)

 3rd

24,482 (21.8)

21,356 (22.1)

2,153 (20.3)

475 (19.2)

338 (19.0)

160 (19.9)

 4th (lowest)

17,402 (15.5)

15,411 (15.9)

1,411 (13.3)

282 (11.4)

282 (11.4)

82 (10.2)

Smoking, N (%)

 Never smoker

89,331 (79.5)

81,139 (83.9)

6,505 (61.3)

965 (39.0)

519 (29.1)

203 (25.2)

 Past smoker

12,538 (11.2)

8,503 (8.8)

2,419 (22.8)

758 (30.6)

603 (33.8)

255 (31.6)

 Current smoker

10,534 (9.4)

7,074 (7.3)

1,697 (16.0)

753 (30.4)

662 (37.1)

348 (43.2)

Physical activity, times per week, N (%)

 0

57,150 (50.8)

51,556 (53.3)

3,736 (35.2)

902 (36.4)

653 (36.6)

303 (37.6)

 1–2

32,126 (28.6)

26,032 (26.9)

4,242 (39.9)

896 (36.2)

664 (37.2)

292 (36.2)

 3–4

16,690 (14.9)

13,782 (14.3)

1,910 (18.0)

490 (19.8)

346 (19.4)

162 (20.1)

 ≥ 5

6,437 (5.7)

5,346 (5.5)

733 (6.9)

188 (7.6)

121 (6.8)

49 (6.1)

Body mass index, kg/m2, mean (SD)

23.7 (2.9)

23.7 (2.9)

23.8 (2.7)

24.1 (2.8)

24.3 (2.8)

24.6 (2.8)

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean (SD)

123.3 (15.1)

123.2 (15.2)

123.0 (14.5)

125.7 (14.8)

127.0 (14.8)

127.4 (14.8)

Fasting serum glucose, mg/dL, mean (SD)

98.3 (22.6)

98.0 (22.3)

98.8 (22.6)

102.1 (26.3)

104.2 (26.3)

106.0 (28.6)

Total cholesterol, mg/dL, mean (SD)

202.5 (37.1)

202.8 (37.2)

201.0 (36.2)

199.9 (36.4)

198.5 (35.7)

198.7 (36.6)

Charlson comorbidity index, N (%)

 0

24,261 (21.6)

20,096 (20.8)

2,735 (25.8)

671 (27.1)

523 (29.3)

236 (29.3)

 1

33,927 (30.2)

28,954 (29.9)

3,327 (31.3)

812 (32.8)

567 (31.8)

267 (33.1)

 2

26,300 (23.4)

22,840 (23.6)

2,416 (22.8)

530 (21.4)

345 (19.3)

169 (21.0)

 ≥ 3

27,915 (24.8)

24,826 (25.7)

2,143 (20.2)

463 (18.7)

349 (19.6)

134 (16.6)

  1. Acronyms: SD standard deviation.