Table 3.
Hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) of coronary heart disease according to drinking frequency and amount of alcohol intake among women and men
|
Alcohol intake (drinks/week)
|
Frequency of drinking alcohol (days/week)
|
P for trend
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | ≤1 | 2-4 | 5-7 | ||
| Women: | |||||
| 0 | 1.03 (0.68 to 1.56) (n=24) | — | — | — | — |
| 1-6 | — | 1.00 (n=360) | 0.78 (0.63 to 0.97) (n=114) | 1.32 (0.84 to 2.07) (n=20) | 0.57 |
| 7-13 | — | 0.67 (0.35 to 1.31) (n=9) | 0.74 (0.57 to 0.96) (n=66) | 0.82 (0.61 to 1.10) (n=52) | 0.12 |
| ≥14 | — | 0.65 (0.16 to 2.61) (n=2) | 0.27 (0.13 to 0.58) (n=7) | 0.72 (0.57 to 0.92) (n=95) | 0.01 |
| P for trend | — | 0.002 | <0.0001 | 0.0003 | — |
| Men: | |||||
| 0 | 1.47 (1.05 to 2.06) (n=39) | — | — | — | |
| 1-6 | — | 1.00 (n=278) | 0.80 (0.65 to 0.98) (n=141) | 0.70 (0.41 to 1.17) (n=15) | 0.02 |
| 7-13 | — | 0.89 (0.62 to 1.29) (n=31) | 0.81 (0.67 to 0.98) (n=190) | 0.66 (0.52 to 0.83) (n=90) | 0.0001 |
| 14-20 | — | 1.10 (0.54 to 2.23) (n=8) | 0.91 (0.68 to 1.23) (n=52) | 0.68 (0.54 to 0.87) (n=90) | 0.001 |
| ≥21 | — | 1.00 (0.32 to 3.13) (n=3) | 0.67 (0.48 to 0.93) (n=41) | 0.63 (0.53 to 0.74) (n=305) | <0.0001 |
| P for trend | — | 0.25 | 0.22 | <0.0001 | — |
Hazard ratios are adjusted for age, education, smoking, physical activity, body mass index, and total intake of vegetables, fruit, fish, and saturated fat. Number of cases in parentheses.