Table. Baseline characteristics of participants by alcohol drinking category (5829 men, 12 628 women).
| Characteristics | Never drinkers | Ex-drinkers | Current drinkers | Never drinkers | Ex-drinkers | Current drinkers |
| Men | Women | |||||
| Age, years | 53.1 (8.8) | 53.7 (8.3) | 50.5 (8.1) | 50.9 (8.9) | 51.7 (7.9) | 48.6 (7.8) |
| BMI, kg/m2 (missing, 30.1%) | 22.8 (3.3) | 22.7 (3.1) | 22.6 (3.0) | 24.3 (4.0) | 24.2 (3.8) | 24.4 (3.9) |
| SBP, mm Hg (missing, 30.2%) | 118.7 (15.9) | 119.3 (15.4) | 117.8 (14.0) | 119.3 (15.9) | 118 (15.0) | 117.8 (14.3) |
| DBP, mm Hg (missing, 30.2%) | 77.9 (10.7) | 78.0 (10.0) | 77.5 (10.1) | 77.7 (10.5) | 76.2 (10.4) | 77.0 (10.0) |
| Residence: municipal area, n (%) | 306 (20.0) | 114 (20.5) | 795 (21.2) | 2031 (21.9) | 33 (18.6) | 713 (22.3) |
| Education (missing, 2.4%): upper primary school level or higher, n (%) |
208 (14.0) | 62 (11.5) | 513 (14.0) | 437 (4.8) | 1 (0.6) | 207 (6.7) |
| Smoking (missing, 4.4%) | ||||||
| Never smokers, n (%) | 602 (41.0) | 60 (11.1) | 628 (17.6) | 8973 (99.5) | 169 (98.3) | 3018 (97.8) |
| Ex-smokers, n (%) | 216 (14.7) | 238 (44.2) | 602 (16.9) | 5 (0.1) | 2 (1.2) | 9 (0.3) |
| Current smokers, n (%) | 649 (44.2) | 241 (44.7) | 2336 (65.5) | 38 (0.4) | 1 (0.6) | 59 (1.9) |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.
Values are mean (SD).