Table 1.
Comparison of demographic data between participants who continued drinking and those who quit drinking
| Drinking status, N (%) | Total (n = 4037) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kept drinking (n = 3364) | Quit drinking (n = 673) | |||
| Baseline | ||||
| Male | 2595 (77.1) | 315 (46.8) | 2910 (72.1) | <0.001 |
| Age | ||||
| 40–49 | 1928 (57.3) | 295 (43.8) | 2223 (55.1) | <0.001 |
| 50–59 | 805 (23.9) | 196 (29.1) | 1001 (24.8) | |
| 60–69 | 631 (18.8) | 182 (27.0) | 813 (20.1) | |
| Separated or divorced | 185 (5.5) | 65 (9.7) | 250 (6.2) | <0.001 |
| Low education level | 1482 (44.2) | 378 (56.3) | 1860 (46.2) | <0.001 |
| Unemployed | 604 (18.0) | 108 (16.1) | 712 (17.7) | 0.26 |
| Chronic disease | 1526 (45.4) | 309 (45.9) | 1835 (45.5) | 0.83 |
| Perceived health | ||||
| Poor | 802 (23.9) | 231 (34.4) | 1033 (25.6) | <0.001 |
| Average | 1319 (39.3) | 246 (36.6) | 1565 (38.8) | |
| good | 1237 (36.8) | 195 (29.0) | 1432 (35.5) | |
| Change of baseline | ||||
| Separated or divorced | 124 (3.7) | 39 (5.8) | 163 (4.0) | 0.02 |
| Became unemployed | 167 (5.0) | 46 (6.9) | 213 (5.3) | 0.06 |
| Smoking | ||||
| Maintained | 2887 (86.1) | 584 (87.3) | 3471 (86.3) | 0.43 |
| Quit | 468 (13.9) | 85 (12.7) | 553 (13.7) | |
| Worsened perceived health | 1548 (46.0) | 259 (38.5) | 1807 (44.8) | <0.001 |
| Disease onset | ||||
| Cardiovascular | 676 (21.8) | 142 (22.2) | 818 (21.9) | 0.85 |
| Cancer | 39 (1.3) | 33 (5.2) | 72 (1.9) | <0.001 |
| Other chronic disease | 565 (18.2) | 124 (19.4) | 689 (18.4) | 0.51 |
| Disease treatment | ||||
| Cardiovascular | 209 (21.2) | 59 (25.5) | 268 (22.1) | 0.18 |
| Cancer | 9 (0.9) | 9 (4.0) | 18 (1.5) | 0.002 |
| Other chronic disease | 88 (12.2) | 24 (17.3) | 112 (13.0) | 0.14 |