Table 3.

Association between drinking patterns and stroke risk in 22,091 participants (HRs and 95% CIs).

Drinking patterns		Incidence Density (1/100,000 Person-Years)	Model 1	Model 2
Total stroke (N = 310)
Nondrinkers		375.55	1.00	1.00
1-2d/week	0-36 g/d	188.32	0.50(0.22,1.13)	0.65(0.29,1.48)
	>36 g/d	—	—	—
3-5d/week	0-36 g/d	298.80	0.80(0.38,1.69)	0.74(0.34,1.59)
	>36 g/d	131.34	0.35(0.05,2.50)	0.34(0.05,2.45)
6-7d/week	0-36 g/d	281.61	0.75(0.36,1.59)	0.39(0.17,0.89)
	>36 g/d	673.64	1.80(1.08,2.97)	0.72(0.41,1.26)
Ischemic stroke (N = 245)
Nondrinkers		299.89	1.00	1.00
1-2d/week	0-36 g/d	156.93	0.52(0.22,1.27)	0.71(0.29,1.75)
	>36 g/d	—	—	—
3-5d/week	0-36 g/d	256.11	0.86(0.38,1.92)	0.84(0.37,1.94)
	>36 g/d	131.34	0.44(0.06,3.13)	0.45(0.06,3.25)
6-7d/week	0-36 g/d	201.15	0.67(0.28,1.63)	0.42(0.17,1.04)
	>36 g/d	421.03	1.41(0.75,2.65)	0.62(0.31,1.25)
Hemorrhagic stroke (N = 59)
Nondrinkers		70.16	1.00	1.00
1-2d/week	0-36 g/d	31.39	0.45(0.06,3.24)	0.52(0.07,3.83)
	>36 g/d	—	—	—
3-5d/week	0-36 g/d	42.69	0.61(0.08,4.41)	0.46(0.06,3.41)
	>36 g/d	—	—	—
6-7d/week	0-36 g/d	40.23	0.57(0.08,4.15)	—
	>36 g/d	210.51	3.00(1.20,7.51)	0.86(0.29,2.55)

Model 1: unadjusted crude model; Model 2: adjusted for gender, age, education level, marital status, smoking status, physical exercise, excessive intake of red meat, insufficient intake of vegetables and fruits, intake of spicy food, BMI, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and drinking quantity*gender.