Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Study Sample by Drinking Patterns.

	Drinking Patterns (n = 5,594)
	Consistent Abstainers (n = 2,916)	Consistent Low-risk (n = 1,059)	Consistent High Risk (n = 745)	Recent Quitters (n = 246)	Other Mixed Patterns (n = 628)
Age in years, mean (SD)	66.4 (9.2)	65.1 (8.7)	63.4 (8.2)	66.8 (9.4)	64.0 (8.2)
Gender, n (%)
Male	1235 (44.8)	587 (57.8)	548 (76.5)	135 (57.2)	402 (66.1)
Female	1681 (55.2)	472 (42.2)	197 (23.5)	111 (42.8)	226 (33.9)
Race/Ethnicity, n (%) (n=5,857)
Non-Hispanic White	2139 (79.1)	957 (93.2)	666 (90.1)	197 (80.4)	519 (86.5)
Hispanic/Non-white	776 (20.9)	102 (6.8)	79 (9.9)	49 (19.6)	109 (13.5)
Living situation, n (%)
Not coupled or partnered	900 (34.1)	203 (21.0)	133 (22.6)	59 (27.7)	147 (26.0)
Coupled or partnered	2016 (65.9)	856 (79.0)	612 (77.4)	187 (72.3)	481 (74.0)
Education, n (%) (n=5,857)
Less than high school	854 (26.0)	95 (7.4)	89 (9.4)	46 (17.0)	103 (13.7)
High school or more	2062 (74.0)	964 (92.6)	656 (90.6)	200 (83.0)	525 (86.3)
Annual Household Income, n (%)
≤$18,000 (Median)	1590 (51.8)	420 (36.3)	287 (34.1)	120 (42.4)	233 (32.9)
>$18,000	1326 (48.2)	639 (63.7)	458 (65.9)	126 (57.6)	395 (67.1)
Employment, n (%)
Working	1152 (44.0)	474 (51.1)	379 (57.7)	101 (50.5)	323 (57.7)
Not working	1764 (56.0)	585 (48.9)	366 (42.3)	145 (49.5)	305 (42.3)
Self-rated health, n (%) (n=5,854)
Fair/Poor	378 (11.8)	50 (3.9)	47 (6.0)	26 (12.4)	51 (7.5)
Good/Very good/Excellent	2537 (88.2)	1009 (96.1)	698 (94.0)	220 (87.6)	577 (92.5)
Number of comorbidities, n (%)
0	738 (28.6)	291 (30.8)	207 (30.7)	64 (28.3)	161 (29.2)
1	960 (32.2)	396 (36.9)	280 (37.9)	77 (31.1)	225 (36.9)
2	712 (23.2)	251 (22.0)	170 (20.7)	63 (26.1)	150 (21.4)
≥3	506 (15.9)	121 (10.2)	88 (10.7)	42 (14.5)	92 (12.4)
Current smoker, n (%)	367 (13.3)	94 (8.8)	172 (23.9)	32 (11.8)	110 (19.0)