Table 2.
Characteristics of the study sample according to alcohol consumption patterns
| Alcohol consumption patterns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drinking | Beverage preference | ||||||
| N | No | Yes | No preference | Wine | Beer | Spirits | |
| N | 44,834 | 42,033 | 2801 | 6431 | 4158 | 5165 | 370 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Men | 20,814 | 47.0 | 70.4 | 69.7 | 56.6 | 64.2 | 62.4 |
| Women | 24,020 | 53.0 | 29.6 | 30.3 | 43.4 | 35.8 | 37.6 |
| Age (years) | 44,834 |
49.4 (19.1) |
39.5 (14.7) |
48.1 (15.8) |
62.5 (16.8) |
45.7 (13.2) |
34.5 (15.0) |
| Country of birth | |||||||
| Spain | 40,592 | 85.7 | 86.5 | 88.7 | 90.6 | 87.5 | 86.5 |
| Other country | 4242 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 11.3 | 9.4 | 12.5 | 13.5 |
| Size of municipality (population) | |||||||
| Rural (< 10,000) | 10,172 | 20.6 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 26.9 | 17.3 | 21.1 |
| Urban (≥ 10,000) | 34,662 | 79.4 | 79.5 | 78.5 | 73.1 | 82.7 | 78.9 |
| Educational level | |||||||
| Primary or less | 13,408 | 25.7 | 22.7 | 15.0 | 34.7 | 13.8 | 12.7 |
| 1st Stage Secondary | 10,786 | 25.6 | 37.3 | 22.9 | 17.0 | 25.6 | 37.4 |
| 2nd Stage Secondary | 12,237 | 29.5 | 26.8 | 34.3 | 26.1 | 35.8 | 33.9 |
| University/College | 8403 | 19.2 | 13.2 | 27.8 | 22.2 | 24.8 | 16.0 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | |||||||
| Underweight | 877 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 3.1 |
| Normal weight | 18,148 | 42.8 | 47.3 | 40.8 | 36.6 | 44.7 | 51.7 |
| Overweight | 16,399 | 35.2 | 35.2 | 41.1 | 41.5 | 38.6 | 29.0 |
| Obesity | 7246 | 15.7 | 14.2 | 15.6 | 17.3 | 13.3 | 11.6 |
| No response | 2164 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 4.6 |
| Tobacco consumption | |||||||
| Non Smoker | 23,580 | 54.7 | 34.9 | 36.2 | 44.2 | 35.8 | 40.2 |
| Former smoker | 11,277 | 23.6 | 21.7 | 31.4 | 40.0 | 28.6 | 17.2 |
| Smoker 1–14 cigs/day | 6535 | 14.7 | 28.7 | 21.7 | 10.9 | 21.6 | 29.6 |
| Smoker > 14 cigs/day | 3442 | 7.0 | 14.7 | 10.7 | 4.9 | 14.0 | 13.0 |
| Leisure time sedentarism | |||||||
| No | 27,913 | 62.5 | 68.1 | 72.6 | 69.4 | 66.0 | 69.7 |
| Yes | 16,921 | 37.5 | 31.9 | 27.4 | 30.6 | 34.0 | 30.3 |
| Perceived health status | |||||||
| Very good | 8871 | 23.0 | 31.2 | 23.7 | 15.0 | 26.4 | 33.3 |
| Good | 21,840 | 49.3 | 51.6 | 57.8 | 52.2 | 56.3 | 51.9 |
| Neither good nor poor | 10,051 | 19.7 | 13.3 | 14.8 | 24.5 | 14.0 | 13.0 |
| Poor | 3190 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 1.3 |
| Very poor | 882 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Survey year | |||||||
| 2017 | 22,954 | 49.0 | 56.7 | 49.4 | 52.5 | 50.1 | 55.6 |
| 2020 | 21,880 | 51.0 | 43.3 | 50.6 | 47.5 | 49.9 | 44.4 |
| Adherence to Mediterranean diet | |||||||
| Noa | 33,581 | 75.8 | 82.9 | 79.5 | 68.6 | 82.2 | 89.9 |
| Yes | 11,253 | 24.2 | 17.1 | 20.5 | 31.4 | 17.8 | 10.1 |
The values presented here are percentages and weighted averages with their corresponding standard deviation in parentheses. The “N” are unweighted values
aScore < 7 points in the adapted MEDAS index (0–10 points)