Table 1.

Descriptive data on the 1578 GenomALC Cases and Controls included in the analysis. High-risk drinking is defined as equal to or greater than 80 g of alcohol per day for men or 50 g/day for women, for 10 years or more.

	Cases (N = 997)		Controls (N = 581)
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Number of subjects	754	243	438	143
Age (Mean ± SD, in years)	52.6 ± 8.7	50.1 ± 9.6	50.2 ± 10.0	50.3 ± 10.1
Usual alcohol intake, g/day	211 ± 148	162 ± 118	243 ± 135	197 ± 109
Years of high-risk drinking	25.3 ± 11.2	19.7 ± 9.8	22.2 ± 9.6	18.4 ± 7.5
Lifetime alcohol intake, kg	1953 ± 1754	1148 ± 1022	2002 ± 1582	1346 ± 1039
Number with ascites (ever)	573 (76%)	193 (79%)	0	0
Number with esophageal varices (ever)	404 (54%)	126 (52%)	0	0
Number with encephalopathy (ever)	247 (33%)	89 (37%)	0	0
Number abstinent for ≥60 days	476 (63%)	155 (64%)	13 (3%)	4 (3%)