Table 3. OR of HL for alcohol drinking and age groupa.

	Controls n=1755	All HL, n=224			Nodular sclerosis HL, n=137
	n	n	ORb	95% CI	n	ORb	95% CI
Subjects overall
Never regular drinker	876	141			88
Ever regular drinker	866	81	0.61	(0.43–0.87)	47	0.58	(0.37–0.92)
Beer drinker	507	57	0.63	(0.41–0.94)	34	0.60	(0.35–1.02)
Wine drinker	645	43	0.57	(0.37–0.88)	23	0.60	(0.34–1.06)
Spirits drinker	284	42	0.78	(0.50–1.22)	25	0.68	(0.38–1.20)
Subjects <35 years old
Never regular drinker*	119	83			61
Ever regular drinker	96	40	0.63	(0.37–1.09)	28	0.62	(0.33–1.16)
Beer drinker	69	33	0.76	(0.41–1.39)	23	0.78	(0.38–1.59)
Wine drinker	41	12	0.49	(0.22–1.10)	7	0.44	(0.16–1.19)
Spirits drinker	46	24	0.78	(0.41–1.51)	17	0.70	(0.33–1.50)
Monthly consumption (g)
⩽66	6	3	0.79	(0.18–3.51)	2	1.13	(0.18–7.17)
>66 and ⩽341	13	4	0.56	(0.16–2.01)	2	0.46	(0.09–2.50)
>341	24	9	0.72	(0.27–1.89)	7	0.91	(0.29–2.80)
P trendc				0.17			0.44
Age at start (years)
≥18	38	19	0.75	(0.38–1.47)	11	0.57	(0.25–1.30)
≥16 and <18	35	13	0.50	(0.23–1.12)	10	0.54	(0.22–1.33)
<16	22	6	0.46	(0.17–1.26)	6	0.76	(0.26–2.22)
P trendc				0.52			0.64
Duration (years)
⩽7	35	15	0.57	(0.27–1.19)	13	0.62	(0.28–1.39)
>7 and ⩽13	35	12	0.47	(0.21–1.05)	6	0.28	(0.10–0.81)
>13	25	11	1.01	(0.40–2.56)	8	1.57	(0.52–4.75)
P trendc				0.03			0.18
Lifetime consumption (kg)
<16	27	8	0.44	(0.18–1.06)	4	0.29	(0.09–0.92)
≥16 and <61	31	14	0.66	(0.31–1.41)	10	0.69	(0.29–1.65)
≥61	36	16	0.76	(0.35–1.64)	13	0.96	(0.40–2.33)
P trendc				0.07			0.16
Subjects ≥35 years old
Never regular drinker**	757	58			27
Ever regular drinker	770	41	0.58	(0.35–0.94)	19	0.52	(0.26–1.04)
Beer drinker	438	24	0.51	(0.28–0.92)	11	0.42	(0.18–0.98)
Wine drinker	604	31	0.58	(0.34–1.01)	16	0.67	(0.32–1.42)
Spirits drinker	238	18	0.71	(0.38–1.36)	8	0.57	(0.23–1.43)
Monthly consumption (g)
⩽215	121	5	0.52	(0.20–1.38)	3	0.58	(0.16–2.08)
>215 and ⩽734	249	13	0.63	(0.32–1.24)	7	0.64	(0.25–1.60)
>734	274	19	0.66	(0.35–1.26)	7	0.47	(0.18–1.25)
P trendc				0.09			0.40
Age at start (years)
>22	216	12	0.72	(0.36–1.42)	7	0.82	(0.33–2.05)
>18 and ⩽22	203	7	0.44	(0.19–1.04)	3	0.41	(0.12–1.48)
⩽18	320	22	0.63	(0.34–1.15)	9	0.45	(0.18–1.10)
P trendc				0.88			0.31
Duration (years)
⩽29	238	20	0.53	(0.29–0.97)	10	0.47	(0.20–1.11)
>29 and ⩽44	266	15	0.73	(0.37–1.44)	5	0.53	(0.18–1.57)
>44	253	6	0.51	(0.19–1.38)	4	0.76	(0.21–2.77)
P trendc				0.60			0.40
Lifetime consumption (kg)
<143	221	16	0.72	(0.39–1.33)	9	0.76	(0.33–1.76)
≥143 and <425	259	14	0.55	(0.28–1.09)	5	0.38	(0.13–1.09)
≥425	259	11	0.50	(0.23–1.07)	5	0.44	(0.15–1.33)
P trendc				0.07			0.23

CI=confidence interval; HL=Hodgkin's lymphoma; OR=odds ratio.

^*Reference category for all alcohol variables among subjects <35 years old.

^**Reference category for all alcohol variables among subjects ≥35 years old.

^aExcluding data from Germany.

^bAdjusted for age, sex, educational level, smoking status and centre.

^cP trend using ever-regular drinkers only (excludes never-regular drinkers) and adjusted for the other alcohol variables in the table.