Table 3.

Association Between Postdiagnostic Alcohol Consumption and Death From Breast Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, or Any Cause

Postdiagnostic Alcohol Consumption (drinks/wk)	At Risk		Cause of Death
			Breast Cancer			Cardiovascular Disease			Any Cause
	No.	%	No. of Deaths	HR	95% CI	No. of Deaths	HR	95% CI	No. of Deaths	HR	95% CI
Total
0	1,140	23	69	1	Reference	97	1	Reference	326	1	Reference
1-2	2,232	46	122	0.88	0.61 to 1.27	125	1.00	0.72 to 1.40	467	0.89	0.75 to 1.06
3-6	790	16	39	0.80	0.49 to 1.32	28	0.61	0.37 to 1.03	141	0.77	0.60 to 0.98
7-9	305	6	21	1.01	0.55 to 1.87	11	0.50	0.24 to 1.03	57	0.63	0.45 to 0.88
≥ 10	414	9	25	0.83	0.45 to 1.54	15	0.47	0.24 to 0.91	78	0.64	0.47 to 0.88
Wine
0	1,614	33	100	1	Reference	125	1	Reference	452	1	Reference
1-2	2,451	50	128	1.00	0.70 to 1.42	118	1.07	0.77 to 1.49	483	0.90	0.76 to 1.07
3-6	534	11	27	1.00	0.58 to 1.72	23	1.22	0.67 to 2.20	84	0.76	0.57 to 1.03
≥ 7	282	6	21	1.45	0.77 to 2.73	10	0.81	0.36 to 1.82	50	0.73	0.51 to 1.05
Beer
0	2,830	58	157	1	Reference	195	1	Reference	696	1	Reference
1-2	1,731	36	102	1.26	0.88 to 1.79	74	0.85	0.58 to 1.24	322	1.02	0.85 to 1.23
3-6	215	4	10	1.04	0.49 to 2.22	5	0.68	0.25 to 1.82	32	1.04	0.69 to 1.57
≥ 7	105	2	7	0.94	0.37 to 2.39	2	0.44	0.10 to 2.06	19	0.91	0.53 to 1.57
Spirits
0	2,406	49	146	1	Reference	168	1	Reference	604	1	Reference
1-2	1,826	37	94	0.74	0.53 to 1.03	78	0.78	0.54 to 1.11	327	0.84	0.70 to 1.00
3-6	394	8	20	0.78	0.45 to 1.36	17	0.65	0.35 to 1.21	79	0.86	0.65 to 1.14
≥ 7	255	5	16	0.83	0.43 to 1.62	13	0.51	0.25 to 1.05	59	0.69	0.49 to 0.98

NOTE. HR adjusted for prediagnostic alcohol consumption, age at diagnosis, stage of disease at diagnosis, state of residence at diagnosis, study phase, family history of breast cancer, age at first birth, menopausal status, hormone therapy use, body mass index, weight change, smoking status, education, and mammography.

Abbreviation: HR, hazard ratio.