Table 1.
Sex and country specific numbers of cardiovascular events (n=17 594) and descriptive statistics about baseline and lifetime alcohol status and consumption (g/day) among the subcohort (n=16 244)
| Country | Total events | CHD | Stroke | Baseline alcohol | Lifetime alcohol | Types of alcohol | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-fatal | Fatal | Non-fatal | Fatal | Non-drinkers (%) | Drinkers* | Never drinkers (%) | Drinkers* | Wine | Beer | Spirits† | ||||||
| Men | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 622 | 472 | 25 | 115 | 10 | 5 | 26 (1-65) | 3 | 24 (2-60) | 22 (0-59) | 1 (0-5) | 2 (0-11) | ||||
| Spain | 1265 | 797 | 93 | 343 | 32 | 13 | 33 (2-88) | 3 | 46 (3-111) | 26 (0-73) | 3 (0-16) | 4 (0-17) | ||||
| UK | 1568 | 1042 | 292 | 161 | 73 | 11 | 11 (1-39) | 1 | 14 (1-38) | 5 (0-29) | 4 (0-22) | 2 (0-8) | ||||
| The Netherlands | 498 | 385 | 31 | 75 | 7 | 10 | 18 (1-55) | NA | NA | 3 (0-14) | 9 (0-35) | 3 (0-22) | ||||
| Greece | 399 | 177 | 62 | 104 | 56 | 9 | 20 (1-67) | 5 | 32 (0-96) | 10 (0-43) | 4 (0-19) | 6 (0-28) | ||||
| Germany | 761 | 383 | 93 | 263 | 22 | 4 | 26 (2-68) | 1 | 29 (3-76) | 8 (0-44) | 15 (0-60) | 2 (0-7) | ||||
| Sweden | 2763 | 1220 | 407 | 1,057 | 79 | 11 | 11 (1-36) | NA | NA | 3 (0-12) | 4 (0-12) | 4 (0-16) | ||||
| Denmark | 2158 | 1055 | 154 | 922 | 27 | 2 | 29 (2-78) | 1 | 21 (3-51) | 11 (0-30) | 14 (0-55) | 4 (0-11) | ||||
| All | 10 034 | 5531 | 1157 | 3040 | 306 | 8 | 24 (1-70) | 2 | 30 (2-87) | 13 (0-51) | 7 (0-32) | 3 (0-15) | ||||
| Women | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 596 | 403 | 10 | 160 | 23 | 23 | 11 (0-36) | 16 | 8 (1-23) | 9 (0-35) | 1 (0-3) | 1 (0-11) | ||||
| Spain | 630 | 311 | 23 | 260 | 36 | 50 | 9 (0-30) | 37 | 7 (0-22) | 7 (0-30) | 1 (0-8) | 0 (0-17) | ||||
| UK | 1233 | 780 | 142 | 203 | 108 | 16 | 7 (0-29) | 6 | 7 (0-22) | 5 (0-12) | 1 (0-4) | 2 (0-8) | ||||
| The Netherlands | 1444 | 986 | 67 | 321 | 70 | 20 | 11 (0-37) | 11 | 9 (1-24) | 6 (0-24) | 1 (0-3) | 4 (0-22) | ||||
| Greece | 271 | 87 | 30 | 91 | 63 | 36 | 6 (1-18) | 34 | 5 (0-17) | 3 (0-12) | 1 (0-6) | 1 (0-28) | ||||
| Germany | 318 | 112 | 23 | 172 | 11 | 5 | 10 (0-36) | 3 | 7 (1-23) | 7 (0-26) | 2 (0-14) | 1 (0-7) | ||||
| Sweden | 1866 | 641 | 187 | 950 | 88 | 18 | 7 (0-21) | NA | NA | 3 (0-12) | 1 (0-5) | 2 (0-16) | ||||
| Denmark | 1202 | 456 | 60 | 658 | 28 | 2 | 14 (1-41) | 6 | 9 (1-24) | 6 (0-30) | 3 (0-12) | 2 (0-11) | ||||
| All | 7560 | 3776 | 542 | 2815 | 427 | 24 | 10 (0-33) | 15 | 8 (0-23) | 6 (0-27) | 2 (0-7) | 2 (0-7) | ||||
NA=Information on lifetime consumption not available in Bilthoven (The Netherlands), Naples (Italy), and Sweden.
*
Mean and 5th-95th centile values calculated among drinkers only.
†
Spirits, liquors, and fortified wine.