Table 3. Number of cases (n) and cumulative incidence ((%), [95% Confidence Intervals (CI)]) in the secondary outcomes among 30,799 patients undergoing primary hip or knee arthroplasty, presented according to alcohol consumption levels and in total.

	Abstentiona	Low-to-moderatea	Higha	Excessivea	Total
Cardiovascular disease, 30 days. Number of cases, Cumulative incidence ((%), [95% CI])	114, 0.8 [0.7 to 1.0]	69, 0.5 [0.4 to 0.7]	14, 0.7 [0.3 to 1.1]	12, 0.5 [0.2 to 0.8]	209, 0.7 [0.6 to 0.8]
Deep venous thrombosis, 30 days. Number of cases, Cumulative incidence ((%), [95% CI])	126, 0.9 [0.8 to 1.1]	100, 0.8 [0.6 to 0.9]	13, 0.7 [0.3 to 1.0]	31, 1.3 [0.8 to 1.7]	270, 0.9 [0.8 to 1.0]
Prosthetic infection, 1 year. Number of cases, Cumulative incidence ((%), [95% CI])	229, 1.7 [1.5 to 1.9]	184, 1.4 [1.2 to 1.6]	51, 2.6 [1.9 to 3.3]	50, 2.0 [1.5 to 2.6]	514, 1.7 [1.5 to 1.8]

^a Abstention = 0 g/week, low-to-moderate consumption = >0–168 g/week, high consumption = >168–252 g/week, excessive consumption = >252 g/week