Table 4.
Sensitivity analyses
| Total cases/person-years | >5 to 5 g/day | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall |
443/23,655 |
0.72 (0.53 to 0.98) |
| Energy limits: percentiles 5 to 95 |
403/21,681 |
0.78 (0.57 to 1.06) |
| Energy limits: percentiles 1 to 99 |
444/23,675 |
0.71 (0.53 to 0.96) |
| Excluding diabetics |
227/11,653 |
0.96 (0.64 to 1.44) |
| Excluding participants older than 75 |
389/21,200 |
0.73 (0.56 to 1.25) |
| Excluding participants younger than 65 |
307/14,785 |
0.75 (0.52 to 1.06) |
| Depurating abstainers’ groupa |
422/22,882 |
0.75 (0.55 to 1.02) |
| Including participants with prior depression at baseline |
817/25,868 |
0.72 (0.57 to 0.90) |
| Updated alcohol intake assuming induction period: 1 to 2 yearsb |
- |
0.69 (0.50 to 0.96) |
| Updated alcohol intake assuming induction period: 2 to 3 yearsb | - | 0.68 (0.47 to 1.00) |
aAfter excluding those participants who reported any alcohol intake throughout their life but not currently at baseline.
bRepeated-measurement analysis. Relative risks (95% confidence interval) for incident depression according to yearly updated measurements of alcohol intake. Considering incident cases during the last year of every two-year follow-up interval.
The PREDIMED Study 2003 to 2010.
All adjusted for age, sex, smoking, physical activity (MET-min/d), total energy intake (Kcal/day), baseline body mass index (kg/m2), marital status, intervention group, recruiting center, educational level, the number of persons living at home and alcohol intake at baseline.