Table 2.

Hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) of coronary heart disease according to drinking frequency among women and men

Variable	Frequency of drinking alcohol (days/week)						P for trend*
	Never	<1	1	2-4	5 or 6	7
Women:
No of cases	24	276	95	187	77	90
Adjusted for age	1.01 (0.66 to 1.53)	1.00	0.60 (0.47 to 0.76)	0.56 (0.47 to 0.68)	0.69 (0.54 to 0.89)	0.62 (0.49 to 0.79)	0.0004
Adjusted for multiple factors†	0.92 (0.61 to 1.41)	1.00	0.64 (0.51 to 0.81)	0.63 (0.52 to 0.77)	0.79 (0.61 to 1.03)	0.65 (0.51 to 0.84)	0.007‡
Men:
No of cases	39	180	140	424	195	305
Adjusted for age	1.38 (0.98 to 1.95)	1.00	0.86 (0.69 to 1.07)	0.69 (0.58 to 0.83)	0.65 (0.53 to 0.79)	0.60 (0.50 to 0.73)	<0.0001
Adjusted for multiple factors†	1.44 (1.02 to 2.04)	1.00	0.93 (0.75 to 1.16)	0.78 (0.66 to 0.94)	0.71 (0.57 to 0.87)	0.59 (0.48 to 0.71)	<0.0001

^*Never drinkers not included in analyses for trend.

^†Age, smoking, education, physical activity, body mass index, total intake of fruit, vegetables, fish, and saturated fat.

^‡P for trend was 0.49 when women were excluded who never drink or drink on less than one day a week.