TABLE 3.

Hazard ratios of mortality by consumption status on specific types of alcoholic beverages in the husband cohort, Shanghai, China, 1996–2000.

Type of drink	Overall mortality			Cancer-related death			CVD-related death
	Non-drinkers	Moderate (1–21 drinks per week)	Heavy (=22 drinks per week)	Non- drinkers	Moderate (1–21 drinks per week)	Heavy (=22 drinks per week)	Non- drinkers	Moderate (1–21 drinks per week)	Heavy (=22 drinks per week)
Yellow rice wine
Number of deaths	1610	273	55	600	121	21	509	80	18
Person-years	198506	38853	5340	198506	38853	5340	198506	38853	5340
Hazard ratios	1.0	0.8(0.7, 1.0)	1.1(0.9, 1.5)	1.0	0.9(0.7, 1.1)	1.0(0.6, 1.6)	1.0	0.8(0.6, 1.1)	1.4(0.9, 2.3)
Beer
Number of deaths	1610	77	9	600	37	4	509	13	2
Person-years	198506	22199	1288	198506	22199	1288	198506	22199	1288
Hazard ratios	1.0	0.7(0.5, 0.9)	1.1(0.6, 2.2)	1.0	0.7(0.5, 1.1)	1.3(0.5, 3.4)	1.0	0.5(0.3, 0.8)	0.9(0.2, 3.5)
Spirits
Number of deaths	1610	78	112	600	45	59	509	18	24
Person-years	198506	10411	12519	198506	10411	12519	198506	10411	12519
Hazard ratios	1.0	0.9(0.7, 1.2)	1.2(0.9, 1.4)	1.0	1.4(1.0, 1.9)	1.4(1.1, 1.9)	1.0	0.7(0.4, 1.2)	0.9(0.6, 1.4)
Grape wine
Number of deaths	1610	14	1	600	8	0	509	2	0
Person-years	198506	2922	61	198506	2922	61	198506	2922	61
Hazard ratios	1.0	0.7(0.4, 1.2)	1.8(0.3, 13.3)	1.0	1.0(0.5, 2.0)	--	1.0	0.3(0.1, 1.4)	--

Adjusted for age, education, body mass index, number of cigarettes smoked per day, tea consumption, and history of any cancer, chronic bronchitis, diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease and stroke.

CVD: cardiovascular disease.