Table 3.

Adjusted summary hazard ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) for cardiovascular, coronary heart disease, and stroke mortality among NHIS participants in 1987, 1988, 1990–1992, and 1997–2000, according to baseline volume of alcohol consumption.

	Volume of Alcohol Consumption
	Non-Drinkers	Light	Moderate	Heavy
	Cardiovascular Deaths	7400	1804	936	530
Person-Years	856659	677069	310062	143649
Multivariable Adjusted1	1.00	0.76 (0.68–0.85)	0.67 (0.59–0.77)	0.89 (0.73–1.10)
Multivariable +Activity/Diet2	1.00	0.77 (0.69–0.85)	0.69 (0.61–0.80)	0.90 (0.73–1.10)
5-Year Follow-Up3	1.00	0.71 (0.60–0.84)	0.65 (0.55–0.77)	0.83 (0.66–1.04)
Men	1.00	0.78 (0.69–0.90)	0.70 (0.61–0.81)	0.95 (0.76–1.19)
Women	1.00	0.74 (0.66–0.83)	0.70 (0.60–0.81)	0.88 (0.72–1.07)
White	1.00	0.75 (0.68–0.84)	0.67 (0.58–0.78)	0.90 (0.73–1.10)
Not White	1.00	0.80 (0.65–0.99)	0.76 (0.61–0.94)	0.92 (0.70–1.21)
Age <55 Years	1.00	0.76 (0.60–0.97)	0.62 (0.45–0.86)	0.91 (0.60–1.40)
Age ≥55 Years	1.00	0.77 (0.69–0.86)	0.71 (0.63–0.80)	0.89 (0.76–1.06)
Excellent Health	1.00	0.70 (0.56–0.88)	0.69 (0.57–0.83)	0.92 (0.66–1.28)
Not Excellent Health	1.00	0.72 (0.64–0.80)	0.61 (0.52–0.72)	0.82 (0.65–1.03)
Coronary Heart Disease Deaths	4217	1057	553	308
Coronary Mortality	1.00	0.75 (0.66–0.84)	0.67 (0.57–0.79)	0.80 (0.61–1.05)
Stroke Deaths	1241	288	135	94
Stroke Mortality	1.00	0.80 (0.61–1.05)	0.76 (0.58–0.99)	1.25 (0.92–1.70)

¹Multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios adjusted for age, sex, race, smoking, marital status, education, region, urbanization, smoking, BMI, and general health status.

²Analyses adjusted for coviarates in multivariable models, physical activity assessed in 1990, 1991, and 1997–2000, and diet assessed in 1987 and 1992.

³Truncated analyses limited follow-up to five years following administration of the respective NHIS.