Table 1.
Baseline drinking characteristics among men and women in the Beaver Dam Eye Study*
| Drinking Characteristic | Men (N=1538) | Women (N=1971) | P-value† |
|---|---|---|---|
| History of heavy drinking | <0.001 | ||
| Never | 70.1 | 94.4 | |
| Past | 25.4 | 5.2 | |
| Current | 4.5 | 0.5 | |
| Beer drinking (avg. per week) | <0.001 | ||
| None | 48.2 | 82.8 | |
| 1 to <2 | 7.9 | 5.0 | |
| 2 to <6 | 21.5 | 7.6 | |
| 6 or more | 22.5 | 4.6 | |
| Wine drinking (avg. per week) | 0.63 | ||
| None | 87.4 | 87.6 | |
| 1 to <2 | 6.2 | 5.1 | |
| 2 or more | 6.5 | 7.3 | |
| Liquor drinking (avg. per week) | <0.001 | ||
| None | 56.8 | 73.4 | |
| 1 | 10.9 | 8.8 | |
| >1 to <4 | 12.6 | 9.1 | |
| 4 or more | 19.6 | 8.7 | |
| Any alcohol drinking (avg. per week) | <0.001 | ||
| None to <1 | 32.1 | 60.3 | |
| 1 to <5 | 25.2 | 23.6 | |
| 5 to <7 | 9.7 | 4.6 | |
| 7 to <28 | 28.6 | 11.1 | |
| 28 or more | 4.5 | 0.5 |
*
Only includes persons with AMD data available for incidence or progression analysis
†
Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test for gender difference adjusted for age