Table 3 HRs (95% CI) for alcohol intake and all‐cause mortality, or cardiovascular events without and with exclusion of non‐healthy men.
| Cases/n | Never drinkers | Former drinkers | Drinkers (in glasses/week) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 | 1–6.9 | 7–14.9 | 15–28 | >28 | ||||
| All‐cause mortality | ||||||||
| Weekly Recall, no exclusions* | 275/1413 | 1 | 0.91 (0.33 to 2.51) | 2.03 (0.76 to 5.39) | 0.12 (0.05 to 0.34) | 0.16 (0.06 to 0.43) | 0.29 (0.11 to 0.79) | 0.24 (0.08 to 0.73) |
| Weekly Recall, exclusion 1† | 148/1051 | 1 | 1.74 (0.43‐6.98) | 2.20 (0.60 to 8.05) | 0.15 (0.04 to 0.56) | 0.17 (0.04 to 0.68) | 0.23 (0.06 to 0.88) | 0.31 (0.07 to 1.31) |
| Weekly Recall, exclusion 2‡ | 68/568 | 1 | 3.36 (0.64 to 17.73) | 19.37 (3.52 to 106.73) | 0.28 (0.05 to 1.51) | 0.80 (0.16 to 4.01) | 1.53 (0.29 to 8.25) | 0.93 (0.14 to 5.93) |
| QF‐last‐year, no exclusions* | 287/1610 | 1 | 0.90 (0.33 to 2.48) | 0.54 (0.19 to 1.56) | 0.32 (0.12 to 0.85) | 0.34 (0.13 to 0.91) | 0.33 (0.12 to 0.92) | 0.45 (0.15 to 1.31) |
| QF‐last‐year, exclusion 1† | 157/1223 | 1 | 1.56 (0.40 to 6.08) | 0.81 (0.20 to 3.20) | 0.35 (0.10 to 1.24) | 0.48 (0.13 to 1.75) | 0.42 (0.11 to 1.58) | 0.53 (0.12 to 2.31) |
| QF‐last‐year, exclusion 2‡ | 75/677 | 1 | 0.78 (0.09 to 6.47) | 0.73 (0.08 to 6.58) | 0.50 (0.07 to 3.71) | 0.49 (0.06 to 3.78) | 0.35 (0.04 to 3.15) | 1.05 (0.12 to 9.15) |
| All cardiovascular events | ||||||||
| Weekly Recall, no exclusions* | 577/1648 | 1 | 1.44 (0.60 to 3.47) | 3.23 (1.37 to 7.59) | 0.32 (0.14 to 0.74) | 0.40 (0.17 to 0.94) | 0.38 (0.16 to 0.91) | 0.50 (0.21 to 1.22) |
| Weekly Recall, exclusion 1† | 363/1220 | 1 | 2.17 (0.69 to 6.80) | 3.22 (1.09 to 9.49) | 0.38 (0.13 to 1.11) | 0.40 (0.13 to 1.19) | 0.38 (0.13 to 1.13) | 0.47 (0.15 to 1.46) |
| Weekly Recall, exclusion 2‡ | 157/640 | 1 | 0.87 (0.18 to 4.31) | 4.27 (1.01 to 18.11) | 0.21 (0.05 to 0.87) | 0.25 (0.06 to 1.02) | 0.31 (0.07 to 1.33) | 0.32 (0.07 to 1.38) |
| QF‐last‐year, no exclusions* | 593/1839 | 1 | 1.27 (0.55 to 2.93) | 0.78 (0.33 to 1.89) | 0.66 (0.29 to 1.47) | 0.58 (0.26 to 1.31) | 0.58 (0.25 to 1.34) | 0.73 (0.31 to 1.72) |
| QF‐last‐year, exclusion 1† | 376/1387 | 1 | 0.71 (0.17 to 3.02) | 0.69 (0.16 to 2.97) | 0.47 (0.12 to 1.79) | 0.42 (0.11 to 1.59) | 0.59 (0.15 to 2.32) | 0.54 (0.14 to 2.13) |
| QF‐last‐year, exclusion 2‡ | 171/751 | 1 | 0.51 (0.12 to 2.19) | 0.80 (0.19 to 3.41) | 0.40 (0.11 to 1.50) | 0.43 (0.11 to 1.59) | 0.69 (0.18 to 2.66) | 0.52 (0.13 to 2.06) |
QF‐last‐year, Quantity–Frequency form about last year's consumption.
*Adjusted for age, region, pack‐years, body mass index, fat intake, physical activity, education and income.
†Exclusion 1: exclusion of subjects with poor subjective health, adjusted for age, region, pack‐years, body mass index, fat intake, physical activity, education and income.
‡Exclusion 2: exclusion 1 also with the exclusion of the pre‐existing diseases found to be related to alcohol intake.