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. 2012 Nov 16;12:987. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-987

Table 1.

Basic characteristics of the study subjects according to the categorized frequency of alcohol intake

 
Frequency of alcohol intake (day/week)
P for trenda
 
0
≤3
4-6
7
 
  (n = 149) (n = 294) (n = 169) (n = 287)  
Age (year)b
45.0 (38.0–55.0)
41.5 (36.0–52.3)
48.0 (38.0–55.0)
51.0 (42.0–57.0)
< 0.001
Education (%)
 
 
 
 
 
  ≥12 years
35.6
59.5
53.3
38.7
0.135
Occupation (%)
 
 
 
 
 
  Non office work
11.4
24.1
23.1
20.2
0.234
Smoking status (%)
 
 
 
 
 
  Never smoker
39.6
39.1
40.2
27.2
0.003
  Ex smoker
9.4
15.6
11.2
12.2
0.976
  Current smoker
51.0
45.2
48.5
60.6
0.004
BMI (kg/m2)b
23.8 (21.6–26.1)
23.8 (21.7–26.0)
23.6 (22.1–25.5)
22.8 (20.9–25.0)
< 0.001
Physical activity (%)
 
 
 
 
 
  ≥10min/day
71.1
81.6
78.7
80.1
0.166
Depressive symptoms (%)
 
 
 
 
 
  SDS ≥45
36.9
28.2
29.6
32.4
0.759
Sleep duration (%)
 
 
 
 
 
  <7 hour
53.7
54.4
53.3
37.3
< 0.001
  7-8 hour
32.2
33.3
33.7
44.3
0.005
  ≥8 hour
14.1
12.2
13.0
18.5
0.089
Metabolic syndrome (%)
 
 
 
 
 
  Yes
30.9
32.3
30.2
27.2
0.247
Calorie intake (%)
 
 
 
 
 
  1st (≤1519.0kcal)
31.5
28.9
23.7
18.5
0.001
  2nd (1519.0-1877.0kcal)
26.8
28.2
21.3
23.0
0.146
  3rd (1877.0-2296.9kcal)
22.8
23.1
21.9
29.6
0.078
  4th (>2296.9kcal)
18.8
19.7
33.1
28.9
0.001
Vitamin C intake (%)
 
 
 
 
 
  1st (≤56.0mg/d)
24.2
22.1
24.3
28.6
0.139
  2nd (56.0-82.0mg/d)
24.2
23.5
24.3
27.5
0.313
  3rd (82.0-121.5mg/d)
31.5
25.2
26.0
20.9
0.026
  4th (>121.5mg/d)
20.1
29.3
25.4
23.0
0.796
Zinc intake (%)
 
 
 
 
 
  1st (≤5.8mg/d)
24.8
22.8
23.1
28.2
0.259
  2nd (5.8-7.3mg/d)
22.8
28.2
23.7
23.3
0.572
  3rd (7.3-9.2mg/d)
24.2
24.8
24.9
26.1
0.639
  4th (>9.2mg/d) 28.2 24.1 28.4 22.3 0.302

a Analysis of variance for continuous variables or logistic regression for categorical variable.

b Medians and interquartile range in parentheses.