Table 1.
Baseline Sociodemographic and Clinical Data by Alcohol Use Categories.
| Never/ Minimal n = 25 |
Former n = 23 |
Current n = 85 |
Test Statistic and Significance |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted Mean (S.D.a) or % | ||||
| Age (years) | 74.1 (6.4) | 72.4 (5.6) | 73.3 (6.0) | F(2, 130) = 0.47, p = 0.62 |
| Education (years) | 15.4 (3.0) | 15.8 (2.2) | 16.7 (2.1) n = 83 |
F(2, 128) = 4.0, p = 0.02 |
| Female | 84% | 52.2% | 61.2% | χ2(2) = 6.0, p = 0.049 |
| Non-Hispanic Caucasian | 36% | 56.5% | 77.8% | χ2(2) = 16.1, p < 0.001 |
| Income – $20,000 and under | 20% | 4.4% | 10.6% | Fisher’s exact = 0.74 |
| Occupation – Management or Professional | 48% | 52.2% | 58.8% | Fisher’s exact = 0.43 |
| Hypertension | 64% | 43.5% | 54.1% | χ2(2) = 2.0, p = 0.36 |
| Congestive Heart Failure | 0% | 4.4% | 1.2% | Fisher’s exact = 0.35 |
| Heart Attack | 1.9% | 1.7% | 6.4% | Fisher’s exact = 0.71 |
| Diabetes | 3.8% | 3.5% | 12.8% | χ2(2) = 0.61, p = 0.74 |
| Total Sleep Score | 7.4 (6.3) | 8.2 (5.9) | 8.5 (5.3) | F(2, 130) = 0.38, p = 0.68 |
| Geriatric Depression Scale – total score | 1.6 (1.2) | 2.0 (1.7) | 1.7 (1.6) | F(2, 130) = 0.31, p = 0.74 |
| Never Smoker | 88% | 52.2% | 35.7% n = 84 |
Fisher’s exact < 0.001 |
| Former Smoker | 12% | 34.8% | 60.7% n = 84 |
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| Current Smoker | 0% | 13% | 3.6% n = 84 |
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| Smoking Pack Years | 5.4 (17.9) | 17.3 (28.6) n = 22 |
15.0 (25.2) n = 82 |
F(2, 126) = 1.8, p = 0.17 |
a
: S.D. = standard deviation