Table 1.

Baseline sample characteristics by heavy drinking and smoking status

		Heavy drinker			Smoker
Variable	Total (N = 2,352)	Yes (n = 180)	No (n = 2,135)	p	Yes (n = 221)	No (n = 2,131)	P
Age, M (SD)	76.5 (8.2)	74.0 (7.3)	76.7 (8.2)	***	71.7(5.5)	77.0 (8.3)	***
Gender, % male	39.7	70.6	37.1	***	43.9	39.4
Education, M (SD)	12.2 (3.6)	13.7 (3.5)	12.1 (3.6)	***	11.6(3.4)	12.3 (3.6)	**
Financial strain, M (SD)	1.4(0.7)	1.3(0.6)	1.4(0.7)	*	1.5(0.8)	1.3 (0.6)	***

Note: Significance levels based on independent samples T tests (for means) and Pearson chi-square tests (for %’s).

^*p <.05;

^**p <.01;

^***p <.001.