Table 3.

Telomere length according to usual drinking categories

Usual drinking category		Telomere length, T/S
		Geometric mean	(95% CI)	p-value	p-trend
All Subjects (n=457)
	Unadjusted
0–1 drink-units/day		0.67	(0.62–0.71)	Ref.
2–4 drink-units/day		0.63	(0.57–0.69)	0.33
>4 drink-units/day		0.48	(0.39–0.59)	0.004	0.004
	Adjusted*
0–1 drink-units/day		0.67	(0.63–0.72)	Ref.
2–4 drink-units/day		0.61	(0.56–0.68)	0.14
>4 drink-units/day		0.48	(0.39–0.59)	0.002	0.003
Abusers (n=200)
	Unadjusted
0–1 drink-units/day		0.44	(0.41–0.46)	Ref.
2–4 drink-units/day		0.43	(0.40–0.46)	0.67
>4 drink-units/day		0.42	(0.38–0.46)	0.41	0.48
	Adjusted*
0–1 drink-units/day		0.43	(0.41–0.45)	Ref.
2–4 drink-units/day		0.43	(0.41–0.46)	0.91
>4 drink-units/day		0.43	(0.39–0.48)	0.95	0.92
Controls (n=257)
	Unadjusted
0–1 drink-units/day		0.86	(0.79–0.94)	Ref.
2–4 drink-units/day		0.89	(0.77–1.02)	0.68
>4 drink-units/day		0.97	(0.58–1.62)	0.66	0.58
	Adjusted*
0–1 drink-units/day		0.88	(0.81–0.96)	Ref.
2–4 drink-units/day		0.83	(0.73–0.96)	0.45
>4 drink-units/day		0.88	(0.53–1.45)	0.99	0.55

^*Adjusted by age, BMI, current smoking, vegetables, elevated risk of accident