Table 3.

Number of beer outlets and heavy alcohol use at follow-up (between-individual associations).

	Heavy alcohol use
	Men e			Women e
Variable	OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
Number of beer outlets within 1 km zone
All participants
Remained low a	1			1
Decreased b	0.77	0.60	1.01	0.91	0.80	1.03
Remained high c	1.12	0.95	1.32	1.06	0.98	1.16
Increased d	0.91	0.70	1.17	1.20	1.06	1.35
Incident users
Remained low a	1			1
Decreased b	0.99	0.71	1.38	0.91	0.78	1.07
Remained high c	1.22	0.98	1.52	1.03	0.92	1.15
Increased d	1.14	0.82	1.59	1.20	1.03	1.41

^a≤3;

^bchange from >3 to ≤3;

^c>3;

^dchange from ≤3 to >3

^eModel adjusted for age, SES, marital status, sub-optimal health, neighborhood disadvantage, population density, and distances to beer and liquor outlets