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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2022 Jul 30;179:31–38. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.06.033

Table 3.

Responses to Questions regarding Alcohol and Health Benefits

On a scale of 1-5, how much does any reported health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption influence your drinking habits?
P=0.87 Low-risk/former consumers (n=151) Unhealthy Drinkers (n=53)
I don’t drink and it doesn’t influence me 16 (11%) 3 (6%)
Makes me decrease my alcohol use 10 (7%) 4 (8%)
I drink, but it doesn’t influence me 116 (77%) 43 (81%)
Makes me increase alcohol use 9 (6%) 3 (6%)
“Now that you have been hospitalized for a heart issue, on a scale of 1-5, how are you mostly likely to change your alcohol use?”
P< 0.001 Low-risk/former consumers Unhealthy Drinkers
I don’t drink and wouldn’t start 16 (11%) 1 (2%)
Significantly decrease my alcohol use 8 (5%) 12 (23%)
Somewhat decrease my alcohol use 17 (11%) 17 (32%)
No change in alcohol use 108 (72%) 22 (42%)
Increase my alcohol use 2 (1%) 1 (2%)