Table 2. Distribution of participant characteristics by categories of alcohol consumption.
| Clinical/Baseline characteristics | Alcohol consumption (all participants) | Alcohol consumption (men only) | ||||
| No or Occasional | Yes | p-value | No or Occasional | Yes | p-value | |
| N (%) | 2992 (83) | 608 (17) | 1292 (71) | 519 (29) | ||
| Age - mean (SD) | 70.5 (11.7) | 69.4 (11.3) | 0.028 | 71.59 (11.37) | 69.87 (11.10) | 0.0032 |
| Sex | <0.0001 | |||||
| Male - N (%) | 1292 (43) | 519 (85) | ||||
| Female - N (%) | 1700 (57) | 89 (15) | ||||
| BMI - mean (SD) | 27.1 (4.8) | 26.7 (3.7) | 0.016 | 26.7 (4.1) | 26.7 (3.5) | 0.82 |
| History of colorectal cancer in first-degree relative | 0.96 | 0.45 | ||||
| No - N (%) | 2707 (91) | 552 (91) | 1186 (93) | 473 (92) | ||
| Yes - N (%) | 253 (9) | 52 (9) | 93 (7) | 43 (8) | ||
| Physical activity | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||
| Sedentary | 1990 (66) | 307 (51) | 815 (63) | 261 (50) | ||
| Intermediate | 593 (20) | 141 (23) | 274 (21) | 124 (24) | ||
| Active | 409 (14) | 160 (26) | 203 (16) | 134 (26) | ||
| Ethnicity | 0.25 | 0.14 | ||||
| Ashkenazi | 1977 (66) | 413 (68) | 868 (67) | 351 (68) | ||
| Sephardi | 627 (21) | 110 (18) | 272 (21) | 93 (18) | ||
| Other | 388 (13) | 85 (14) | 152 (12) | 75 (14) | ||
| Religion | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||
| Jew | 2647 (88) | 538 (89) | 1155 (89) | 457 (88) | ||
| Christian | 135 (5) | 57 (9) | 48 (4) | 49 (9) | ||
| Moslem | 210 (7) | 13 (2) | 89 (7) | 13 (3) | ||
| Vegetable intake (g/day) - mean (SD) | 7.5 (4.1) | 8.5 (4.1) | <0.0001 | 7.6 (3.9) | 8.4 (4.0) | 0.0003 |
| Regular aspirin intake | ||||||
| No - N (%) | 1977 (66.2) | 378 (62.3) | 0.17 | 763 (59.3) | 315 (60.8) | 0.12 |
| Yes - N (%) | 994 (33.3) | 225 (37.1) | 522 (40.6) | 199 (38.4) | ||
| Regular statin intake | ||||||
| No - N (%) | 2700 (91) | 540 (90) | 0.25 | 1147 (90) | 459 (89) | 0.66 |
| Yes - N (%) | 265 (9) | 63 (10) | 130 (10) | 56 (11) | ||
| Energy intake (Kcal/day) - mean (SD) | 1811 (931) | 2178 (1022) | <0.0001 | 1957 (1042) | 2200 (1031) | 0.0059 |
| Total fat intake (g/day) - mean (SD) | 65.1 (53.5) | 80.9 (70.1) | <0.0001 | 70.8 (65.1) | 81.8 (72.7) | 0.0030 |
| Smoking | ||||||
| Never smoker- N (%) | 1853 (62) | 170 (28) | <0.0001 | 528 (41) | 120 (23) | <0.0001 |
| Ever smoker - N (%) | 1132 (38) | 438 (72) | 762 (59) | 399 (77) | ||
| Participant status | ||||||
| Control- N (%) | 1587 (53) | 272 (45) | 0.0002 | 693 (54) | 235 (45) | 0.0013 |
| Case - N (%) | 1405 (47) | 336 (55) | 599 (46) | 284 (55) | ||