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. 2015 Aug 18;351:h4238. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h4238

Table 3.

 Drinking patterns and risk of total cancer

Women Men
Cases (no) Person years (no) Multivariable RR (95% CI)* Multivariable RR (95% CI)† Cases (no) Person years (no) Multivariable RR (95% CI)* Multivariable RR (95% CI)†
Frequency of drinking (drinks/week) 
0 5166 512 091 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1633 187 897 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
1-2 3069 326 224 1.00 (0.96 to 1.05) 0.98 (0.93 to 1.03) 1499 187 663 1.02 (0.95 to 1.10) 0.99 (0.90 to 1.08)
3-4 1236 119 744 1.03 (0.97 to 1.10) 1.00 (0.93 to 1.07) 727 90 762 1.00 (0.92 to 1.10) 0.95 (0.85 to 1.07)
5-6 1385 112 878 1.09 (1.03 to 1.17) 1.02 (0.94 to 1.10) 826 92 965 1.01 (0.93 to 1.11) 0.94 (0.84 to 1.07)
7 986 81 299 1.08 (1.01 to 1.16) 0.97 (0.88 to 1.06) 957 84 137 1.09 (1.00 to 1.19) 0.99 (0.87 to 1.12)
Ptrend <0.001 0.98 0.10 0.72
Highest no of drinks consumed in 1 day
0 4881 453 421 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1403 149 861 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
1-2 5969 570 288 1.04 (1.00 to 1.08) 1.02 (0.97 to 1.07) 2206 231 914 1.02 (0.95 to 1.09) 0.98 (0.90 to 1.07)
3-5 2040 207 471 1.06 (1.00 to 1.12) 0.99 (0.93 to 1.06) 903 103 447 1.05 (0.96 to 1.15) 0.97 (0.87 to 1.09)
≥6 498 44 084 1.13 (1.03 to 1.24) 1.05 (0.95 to 1.17) 224 24 735 1.13 (0.98 to 1.31) 1.03 (0.87 to 1.22)
Ptrend§ <0.001 0.18 0.16 0.96

RR=relative risk; ref=reference.

*Adjusted for the same covariates as listed in table 2.

†Adjusted for total alcohol intake.

‡Calculated using continuous days of alcohol consumption.

§Calculated using the median of each category as a continuous variable.