Table 1.
Characteristics of study sample by reported alcohol intake
| Variable | Overall % | Reported Drinking Behavior at baseline TICS-m |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | Past | 1/month – <1/week | 1/week – 2 drinks/day | >2/day* | |||
| N= 1,428 | N=300 | N=622 | N=145 | N=330 | N=31 | ||
| Age mean (SD) | 71 (9) | 72 (9)† | 71 (9) | 68 (9) | 69 (9) | 68 (7) | |
| Women (%) | 67 | 28† | 44 | 9 | 18 | <1 | |
| Education | |||||||
| <8 years (%) | 42 | 30† | 48 | 8 | 13 | 1 | |
| >8 and <12 years (%) | 13 | 19 | 42 | 12 | 26 | <1 | |
| High school grad. (%) | 16 | 16 | 45 | 11 | 24 | 3 | |
| Some college (%) | 12 | 17 | 39 | 11 | 30 | 3 | |
| Graduate degree (%) | 17 | 9 | 34 | 13 | 40 | 4 | |
| Insurance status | |||||||
| None (%) | 12 | 23† | 48 | 8 | 19 | 2 | |
| Medicaid (%) | 45 | 27 | 47 | 8 | 16 | 2 | |
| Private (%) | 43 | 14 | 39 | 13 | 31 | 3 | |
| Race-ethnicity | |||||||
| Hispanic (%) | 62 | 25† | 46 | 9 | 18 | 2 | |
| Black (%) | 19 | 16 | 44 | 11 | 27 | 2 | |
| White (%) | 19 | 11 | 35 | 13 | 37 | 4 | |
| Hypertension (%) | 82 | 23† | 45 | 9 | 21 | 2 | |
| Diabetes (%) | 25 | 26† | 47 | 10 | 17 | <1 | |
| Cardiac disease (%) | 19 | 21 | 45 | 9 | 24 | 1 | |
| Current smokers (%) | 13 | 11† | 44 | 9 | 32 | 4 | |
| BMI* | |||||||
| >30 (%) | 30 | 20† | 41 | 11 | 26 | 2 | |
| 25 to 30 (%) | 43 | 18 | 44 | 11 | 24 | 3 | |
| <25 (%) | 27 | 20 | 41 | 11 | 26 | 2 | |
| Depression (%) | 3 | 21† | 49 | 6 | 23 | 0 | |
| Any physical activity (%) | 59 | 21† | 39 | 11 | 27 | 2 | |
| tHcy | mean (SD) | 9.9 (3.0) | 9.2 (2.7) | 9.9 (7.5)‡ | 9.0 (3.1) | 10.7 (4.2)‡ | |
| HDL-C | mean (SD) | 47 (14) | 47 (13) | 46 (14) | 46 (14) | 48 (15) | 47 (16) |
| TICS-m | mean (SD) | 31 (6) | 29 (6) | 30 (6) | 33 (6)‡ | 35 (6)‡ | |
TICS-m – modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status
†
P<0.0001 for trend.
‡
P<0.05 compared to never drinkers