Table 4.
MANCOVA results for Health Status, for Two Drinking Measures, Adjusting for Health Practices, Attitudes, and Values.
| SF-36 General Health (male) (female) (both) | SF-36 Mental Health (male) (female) (both) | SF-36 Vitality (male) (female) (both) | |
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| Frequency of heavy drinking days1 | Adjusted Mean (se) | Adjusted Mean (se) | Adjusted Mean (se) |
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| Never | 50.1 (.28) | 50.6 (.31) | 51.1 (.30) |
| 50.6 (.16) | 49.4 (.18) | 49.2 (.18) | |
| 50.4 (.16) | 50.0 (.18) | 50.2 (.18) | |
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| Less than monthly | 51.5 (.32) | 50.2 (.36) | 51.2 (.35) |
| 50.4 (.39) | 48.4 (.44) | 49.2 (.43) | |
| 51.0 (.25) | 49.3 (.28) | 50.2 (.28) | |
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| Monthly | 51.3 (.51) | 51.2 (.57) | 52.2 (.56) |
| 50.3 (.78) | 47.5 (.87) | 48.2 (.86) | |
| 50.8 (.47) | 49.3 (.52) | 50.2 (.51) | |
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| Weekly | 50.2 (.54) | 50.3 (.60) | 51.5 (.59) |
| 50.4 (1.14) | 48.6 (1.28) | 50.1 (1.25) | |
| 50.3 (.63) | 49.5 (.71) | 50.8 (.70) | |
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| Daily or almost daily | 50.9 (.86) | 51.0 (.96) | 52.2 (.95) |
| 45.9 (1.87) | 44.0 (2.09) | 51.2 (2.05) | |
| 48.4 (1.03) | 47.5 (1.16) | 51.7 (1.14) | |
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| p for heavy drinking days | .07 | .07 | .67 |
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| Gender | |||
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| Male | 50.8 (.25) | 50.6 (.28) | 51.6 (.27) |
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| Female | 49.5 (.48) | 47.6 (.53) | 49.6 (.52) |
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| p for gender | .02 | .00 | .00 |
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| Gender x heavy drinking days interaction | F(4,5315)= 3.50, p=.01 | F(4,5315)= 2.71, p=.03 | F(4,5315)= 1.08, p=.36 |
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| Adjusted3 R2 | .24 | .18 | .24 |
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| Multivariate p | Heavy drinking = .00, Gender = .00, Gender-by-drinking interaction = .00 | ||
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| Drinking Status2 | Adjusted Mean (se) | Adjusted Mean (se) | Adjusted Mean (se) |
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| Lifelong abstainer | 51.3 (.53) | 51.1 (.59) | 52.5 (.57) |
| 49.1 (.32) | 50.1 (.35) | 49.2 (.34) | |
| 50.2 (.31) | 50.6 (.35) | 50.9 (.34) | |
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| Former drinker | 47.4 (.37) | 49.2 (.41) | 49.4 (.39) |
| 47.3 (.31) | 47.9 (.35) | 47.0 (.34) | |
| 47.3 (.24) | 48.5 (.27) | 48.2 (.26) | |
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| Drinks .5–29 drinks/month | 50.2 (.22) | 50.3 (.25) | 50.7 (.24) |
| 50.0 (.16) | 49.0 (.18) | 48.8 (.17) | |
| 50.1 (.14) | 49.6 (.15) | 49.8 (.15) | |
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| Drinks 30–59 drinks/month | 51.0 (.44) | 50.6 (.48) | 52.3 (.47) |
| 51.0 (.49) | 48.1 (.54) | 49.4 (.52) | |
| 51.0 (.33) | 49.4 (.37) | 50.9 (.35) | |
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| Drinks 60–89 drinks/month | 51.7 (.82) | 50.8 (.91) | 51.5 (.88) |
| 52.1 (1.13) | 49.0 (1.25) | 50.6 (1.21) | |
| 51.9 (.70) | 49.9 (.78) | 51.1 (.75) | |
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| Drinks 90 or more drinks/month | 49.9 (.70) | 51.2 (.78) | 51.5 (.75) |
| 48.9 (1.14) | 47.6 (1.26) | 50.6 (1.22) | |
| 49.4 (.67) | 49.4 (.75) | 51.1 (.72) | |
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| p for drinking status | .00 | .00 | .00 |
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| Gender | |||
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| Male | 50.2 (.23) | 50.5 (.25) | 51.3 (.24) |
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| Female | 49.8 (.29) | 48.6 (.32) | 49.3 (.31) |
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| p for gender | .20 | .00 | .00 |
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| Gender x drinking status interaction | F(5,7667)= 2.16, p=.06 | F(5,7667)= 1.04, p=.39 | F(5,7667)= 1.39, p=.22 |
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| Adjusted3 R2 | .27 | .18 | .25 |
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| Multivariate p | Drinking status = .00, Gender = .00, Gender-by-drinking interaction = .01 | ||