. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 30.

Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Nutr. 2012 Dec 19;67(2):135–140. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.199

Table 3.

Comparison of alcoholic beverage consumption in two population-based samples of the Seychelles population aged 25–45 years conducted in 2004 (270 men and 329 women) and 2011 (203 men and 250 women), stratified by gender

	At least once per week (%)

	Men	Women
Any alcoholic beverage
2004	61.1	18.5
2011	65.0	54.6
Test value and significance	0.81^NS	85.8^***
Wine
2004	6.3	5.5
2011	27.6	37.2
Test value and significance	40.2^***	92.3^***
Spirit
2004	13.0	3.3
2011	34.0	12.8
Test value and significance	29.9^***	18.5^***
Beer
2004	59.6	15.5
2011	62.6	37.2
Test value and significance	0.42^NS	35.8^***
Home brews
2004	7.0	0.6
2011	2.0	0.4
Test value and significance	6.43^*	0.12^NS

Abbreviation: NS, not significant.

Results are expressed as percentage between-year comparison by χ² test after stratifying for gender.

P < 0.05;

^**

P < 0.01;

^***

P < 0.001.