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. 2012 Nov 7;12:954. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-954

Table 2.

HR and 95% CI for incident depression according to categories of daily alcohol intake in the overall sample and stratified by sex

Alcohol intake categories (g/day) 0 <10 10-25 >25
 
OVERALL SAMPLE
Cases/Person-years
114/16,921
255/48,206
68/13,711
22/4,088
Age and sex adjusted
1 (Ref.)
0.84 (0.67-1.05)
0.83 (0.61-1.14)
0.91 (0.56-1.46)
Multiple-adjusted model a
1 (Ref.)
0.83 (0.66-1.04)
0.81 (0.59-1.11)
0.86 (0.53-1.39)
Interaction between sex and categories of alcohol intake
P=0.644
     
 
MALES
Cases/Person-years
22/3,814
76/18,654
41/9,130
17/3,513
Age adjusted
1 (Ref.)
0.68 (0.42-1.10)
0.75 (0.45-1.26)
0.77 (0.40-1.45)
Multiple-adjusted model b
1 (Ref.)
0.69 (0.43-1.11)
0.76 (0.45-1.29)
0.76 (0.40-1.47)
 
FEMALES
Cases/Person-years
92/13,107
179/29,552
27/4,582
5/575
Age adjusted
1 (Ref.)
0.89 (0.69-1.14)
0.81 (0.52-1.24)
1.06 (0.43-2.61)
Multiple-adjusted model b 1 (Ref.) 0.87 (0.67-1.13) 0.78 (0.50-1.21) 1.06 (0.43-2.63)

a. Adjusted for age, sex, smoking, physical activity (MET-h/week), total energy intake (Kcal/day), baseline body mass index (kg/m2), adherence to the MDP, marital status, and employment status.

b. Excluding sex from the previous multiple-adjusted model.

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