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. 2018 Aug 18;5(10):1176–1183. doi: 10.1002/acn3.630

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants according to drinking status in 2006a , b

None Light Moderate Heavy P value
No. 6564 3168 408 1765
Age, y 47.9 (0.14) 42.7 (0.23) 48.9 (0.55) 47.3 (0.29) <0.001
Women, % 1968 (30.0) 152 (4.80) 1 (0.25) 8 (0.45) <0.001
Education, %
Primary 508 (7.7) 177 (5.6) 54 (13.2) 190 (10.8) <0.001
Middle 5482 (83.6) 2469 (78.0) 330 (80.9) 1512 (85.7)
College 570 (8.7) 520 (16.4) 24 (5.9) 62 (3.5)
Occupation, %
Blue collar 6018 (91.8) 2793 (88.3) 389 (95.3) 1693 (96.0) <0.001
White collar 536 (8.2) 370 (11.7) 19 (4.7) 71 (4.0)
Income, %
<500 RMB/month 2006 (30.6) 1149 (36.3) 127 (31.1) 735 (41.7) <0.001
500–1000 RMB/month 3343 (51.0) 1154 (36.4) 191 (46.8) 654 (37.1)
>1000 RMB/month 1210 (18.5) 865 (27.3) 90 (22.1) 375 (21.3)
Smoking status, %
Never 4583 (69.9) 902 (28.5) 79 (19.4) 217 (12.3) 0.001
Past smoker 386 (5.9) 271 (8.6) 31 (7.6) 114 (6.5)
Current smoker 1590 (24.2) 1993 (63.0) 298 (73.0) 1432 (81.2)
Hypertension, %
Negative 1180 (18.1) 488 (15.5) 37 (9.2) 159 (9.0) <0.001
Prehypertension 1880 (28.8) 1116 (35.5) 114 (28.3) 447 (25.4)
Hypertension 3464 (53.1) 1544 (49.1) 252 (62.5) 1152 (65.5)
Diabetes, %
Negative 4207 (64.9) 2132 (68.0) 244 (61.3) 1034 (59.3) 0.01
Prediabetes 1458 (22.5) 717 (22.9) 101 (25.4) 471 (27.0)
Diabetes 814 (12.6) 285 (9.1) 53 (13.3) 238 (13.7)
Physical activity, %
Never 470 (7.2) 332 (10.5) 28 (6.9) 246 (14.0) <0.001
Every time more than 20 min
<4 times/week 5217 (79.5) 2394 (75.6) 310 (76.0) 1253 (71.1)
≥4 times/week 872 (13.3) 439 (13.9) 70 (17.2) 263 (15.0)
Body mass index, kg/m2 24.8 (0.05) 24.9 (0.08) 24.6 (0.18) 24.7 (0.09) 0.29
High‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L 1.58 (0.005) 1.60 (0.008) 1.66 (0.02) 1.74 (0.01) <0.001
Low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L 2.11 (0.009) 2.16 (0.01) 2.15 (0.04) 2.20 (0.02) <0.001
Triglyceride, mmol/L 1.44 (0.02) 1.47 (0.03) 1.41 (0.07) 1.68 (0.03) <0.001
Urate, μmol/L 277 (1.06) 304 (1.72) 306 (4.06) 307 (2.15) <0.001
a

Values are mean (standard error) adjusted for age and sex, or percentages.

b

Participants were categorized into: nondrinkers, light (women: 0–0.4 servings/day; men: 0–0.9 servings/day), moderate (women: 0.5–1.0 servings/day; men: 1–2 servings/day), and heavy drinkers (women: >1 serving/day; men: >2 servings/day).