Table 2.

Incidence rate and hazard ratios (95% CI) of mortality according to frequency of alcohol consumption

			Hazard ratios (95% CI)
Frequency of alcoholic drinks per day	Cases/Person-time	Crude Incidence Rate (per 1000 person-years)	Age Adjusted	Model 11
None	72/870.7	82.69	1.00	1.00
<1	70/1145.2	61.13	0.84 (0.60–1.17)	0.85 (0.61–1.20)
1–2	43/780.0	55.13	0.61 (0.42–0.89)	0.60 (0.40–0.88)
>2	21/341.5	61.50	0.77 (0.47–1.26)	0.71 (0.42–1.21)
p for linear trend			0.110	0.069
p for quadratic trend			0.046	0.058

¹Adjusted for age (<65, 65–<70, 70–<75, 75–<80, 80+), BMI (continuous), smoking (never, past, current), exercise (none, 1–2 days/week, 3+ days/week), race (white/non-white