Table 2.

Incidence rates and hazard ratios (95% Confidence Intervals) for myocardial infarction according to alcohol consumption

		Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Intervals)
Alcohol Consumption (drinks/week)	Cases	Age Adjusted	Model 1*	Model 2†
<1	172	1.0	1.0	1.0
1–4	223	1.03 (0.84–1.26)	1.08 (0.88–1.32)	1.05 (0.85–1.28)
5–7	211	0.78 (0.64–0.95)	0.81 (0.66–1.00)	0.78 (0.64–0.97)
>8	17	0.62 (0.37–1.02)	0.58 (0.35–0.96)	0.57 (0.35–0.95)
P for linear trend		P=.0021	p=.0046	p=.0022

^*Adjusted for age, body mass index, smoking, exercise, and diabetes.

^†Adjusted for age, body mass index, smoking, exercise, diabetes, multivitamin use, vegetable intake, breakfast cereal intake, and cholesterol.