Table 3.

Alcohol consumption at HUNT1 and the association with dementia (one group) up till 27 years later

	Hazard ratios (95 % Confidence Intervals, CI) by alcohol consumption last 14 days
	Abstainers	Drinking 0 times, not abstainers	Drinking 5 or more times	Unknown
Crude	2.06 (1.69–2.51) p < 0.001	1.59 (1.36–1.85) p < 0.001	1.57 (1.20–2.05) p = 0.001	3.13 (2.40–4.10) p < 0.001
Adjusted for ageb, sex	1.30 (1.05–1.61) p = 0.015	1.22 (1.04–1.43) p = 0.017	1.45 (1.11–1.90) p = 0.007	1.73 (1.30–2.29) p < 0.001
Fully adjusted modela	1.15 (0.92–1.43) p = 0.223	1.12 (0.95–1.32) p = 0.181	1.40 (1.07–1.84) p = 0.015	1.52 (1.13–2.05) p = 0.006

Cox survival analysis. HUNT1Q2-participants born between 1905 and 1946 (n = 1084/N = 40,435)

Reference group: respondents reporting to drink alcohol 1–4 times the last fortnight

^aAdjusted for age, ^b (=ageHUNT1-45)², sex, years of education, hypertension (≥160/90), BMI ≥ 30, current or prior smoking and symptoms of depression (no/yes)