Table 1. Study characteristics by alcohol intake.

	Alcohol intake (drinks per day)a
	Zero		<1		1–3		>3
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	number	%
Entire cohort	119 007	24.1	261 889	53.1	74 854	15.2	37 210	7.5
Gender
Male	60 761	20.7	147 104	50.0	54 584	18.6	31 851	10.8
Female	58 246	29.3	114 785	57.8	20 270	10.2	5359	2.7
Age (years)b	63.0	58.2–66.8	62.3	57.4–66.4	62.9	58.1–66.8	62.7	57.9–66.5
Body mass index (kg m−2)b	26.7	24.1–30.4	26.5	23.9–29.4	25.8	23.6–28.3	26.5	24.2–29.1
Total daily caloriesb	1616.7	1206.8–2155.1	1606.8	1223.9–2092.8	1802.8	1421.7–2283.3	2397.8	1899.7–3095.1
Vegetable consumption (servings per day)b	3.3	2.1–4.9	3.4	2.3–4.9	3.7	2.5–5.2	3.6	2.4–5.2
Fruit consumption (servings per day)b	2.5	1.4–4.1	2.5	1.5–3.8	2.4	1.4–3.6	1.9	1.0–3.2
Education (%)
Less than high school	11 522	39.5	12 995	44.5	2770	9.5	1897	6.5
12 years (completed high school)	30 055	31.2	49 582	51.5	10 571	11.0	6039	6.3
Some post-high school training	38 232	23.4	88 837	54.5	23 482	14.4	12 552	7.7
Completed college	17 308	18.6	49 650	53.4	17 507	18.8	8447	9.1
Completed graduate school	17 501	18.0	53 672	55.0	18 948	19.4	7393	7.6
Daily cigarette use (current or former) (%)
Never	52 199	29.8	97 856	55.9	19 103	10.9	5981	3.4
Former	49 726	20.6	125 703	52.1	43 831	18.2	21 819	9.1
Current	14 821	21.7	33 980	49.8	10 747	15.7	8717	12.8
Usual daily physical activity
Sit during the day/little walking	10 151	26.1	20 956	53.8	5072	13.0	2758	7.1
Sit during the day/walk a fair amount	36 178	22.8	87 295	55.0	23 823	15.0	11 338	7.2
Stand/walk a lot – no lifting	44 768	24.1	97 928	52.7	28 842	15.5	14 187	7.6
Lift/carry light loads, stairs, hills	20 080	23.8	43 627	51.6	13 953	16.5	6892	8.2
Do heavy work/carry loads	4128	29.1	6660	47.0	1955	13.8	1437	10.1
Physical activity (leisure) frequency
Never	8771	40.1	9454	43.3	2070	9.5	1556	7.1
Rarely	19 302	28.9	34 540	51.7	7613	11.4	5310	8.0
1–3 times per month	15 299	22.9	37 126	55.5	9221	13.8	5223	7.8
1–2 times per week	23 055	21.7	58 530	55.2	16 491	15.6	7952	7.5
3–4 times per week	28 304	21.5	71 987	54.6	22 124	16.8	9504	7.2
5 or more times per week	22 600	23.9	47 856	50.6	16 818	17.8	7375	7.8

^aCategories may not add up to 492 960 persons owing to missing data.

^bMedian (interquartile range).