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. 2014 Apr 4;14:312. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-312

Table 1.

Prevalence of medical and lifestyle variables and psychosocial stressors by alcohol consumption in men and women, adjusted for age and survey (n = 11,282 after exclusion of diseased participants at baseline)

 
 Alcohol consumption (g/day)
 
 Men
 Women
 
 (n = 5,540)
(n = 5,742)
 
 0
 > 0 – 39.9
 ≥ 40
 p-value*
 0
 > 0 – 19.9
 ≥ 20
 p-value*
  (n = 850) (n = 2,833) (n = 1,857)   (n = 2,401) (n = 2,230) (n = 1,111)  
Regular smoking [%]
 34.4
 28.0
 40.7
 <0.0001
 20.0
 22.2
 26.8
 <0.0001
Physically inactive [%]
 56.6
 51.5
 56.1
 0.0015
 65.5
 57.6
 54.7
 <0.0001
Obesity [%]
 19.6
 16.8
 16.8
 0.1222
 23.6
 16.2
 12.1
 <0.0001
Actual hypertension [%]
 39.9
 39.3
 46.5
 <0.0001
 30.0
 27.5
 29.9
 <0.0838
Dyslipidemia [%]
 52.9
 44.3
 35.6
 <0.0001
 18.8
 15.1
 10.5
 <0.0001
Low educational level [%]
 76.3
 71.4
 78.2
 <0.0001
 85.5
 82.8
 77.6
 <0.0001
Not employed [%]
 28.7
 25.6
 19.8
 <0.0001
 55.6
 51.7
 47.7
 <0.0001
Low social network1 [%]
 53.8
 48.2
 45.6
 0.0004
 58.1
 51.7
 54.4
 <0.0001
Living alone [%]
 20.3
 16.7
 17.6
 0.0457
 23.9
 23.2
 24.7
 0.5620
High job strain [%]
 21.8
 22.6
 24.2
 0.3049
 16.9
 18.0
 17.7
 0.5996
Low self-perceived health [%]
 20.9
 16.1
 15.7
 0.0016
 26.9
 20.5
 18.9
 <0.0001
Depressed mood1 [%]
 34.9
 35.4
 33.1
 0.2693
 34.8
 33.5
 36.7
 0.2069
High level of somatic compl.1 [%] 32.9 34.4 37.1 0.0570 34.2 29.5 30.3 <0.0018

*Wald χ2-Test.

1missings 5- < 10%.