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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2013 Apr 20;26(6):667–673. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.03.011

Table 4.

Association of current alcohol consumption and common CIMT using Z-score CIMT values for MESA and HNR

MESA
HNR
Alcohol consumption ΔSD (95% CI) P ΔSD (95% CI) P
Adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, and pack-years

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 <1 drink/day 0.02 −0.06 to 0.11 .58 −0.03 −0.12 to 0.06 .48

 1 or 2 drinks/day −0.14 −0.28 to −0.01 .04 −0.01 −0.13 to 0.11 .85

 2 or 3 drinks/day 0.06 −0.11 to 0.23 .47 −0.18 −0.34 to −0.02 .03

 ≥3 drinks/day −0.02 −0.23 to 0.19 .85 −0.02 −0.16 to 0.13 .82

Adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, pack-years, diabetes, body mass index, education, and income

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 <1 drink/day 0.06 −0.03 to 0.15 .17 −0.01 −0.10 to 0.08 .86

 1 or 2 drinks/day −0.05 −0.18 to 0.10 .53 0.02 −0.10 to 0.15 .70

 2 or 3 drinks/day 0.13 −0.04 to 0.30 .13 −0.15 −0.32 to 0.01 .07

 ≥3 drinks/day 0.03 −0.19 to 0.24 .82 0.01 −0.15 to 0.16 .91