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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 13.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 Nov 13;27(1):30–40. doi: 10.1002/oby.22316

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics by baseline alcohol use

None Light Moderate Heavy P-value

Participants 1867 (38.1) 2637 (53.8) 309 (6.3) 82 (1.7)
Total/week 0a 1.09 (1.6)b 8.1 (3.0)c 16.2 (8.8)d <0.001
Beers/week 0a 0.3 (0.9)b 2.7 (3.5)c 4.6 (9.3)d <0.001
Wine/week 0a 0.5 (0.9)b 3.3 (3.4)c 6.7 (5.7)d <0.001
Liquor/week 0a 0.2 (0.7)b 2.1 (3.0)c 4.9 (5.4)d <0.001
Age, y 59.3 (6.8)a 58.6 (6.7)b,c 59.6 (6.9)a,b 60.5 (7.4)a,b <0.001
Sex
Male 571 (30.6)a 1221 (46.3)b 198 (64.1 )c 39 (47.6)b <0.001
Female 1296 (69.4)a 1416 (53.7)b 111 (35.9)c 43 (52.4)b
Race/ethnicity
White 1067 (57.2)a 1887 (71.6)b 229 (74.1)b 61 (74.4)b <0.001
Hispanic 368 (19.7)a 273 (10.4)b 30 (9.7)b 5 (6.1)b
African American/Black 364 (19.5)a 385 (14.6)b 39 (12.6)b 13 (15.9)a,b
Other/Mixed 68 (3.6)a 92 (3.5)a 11 (3.6)a 3 (3.7)a
Education
<13 y 512 (27.4)a 358 (13.6)b 40 (12.9)b 14 (17.1 )b <0.001
13–16 y 728 (39.0)a 967 (36.7)a 78 (25.2)b 25 (30.5)a,b
>16 y 588 (31.5)a 1256 (47.6)b 185 (59.9)c 41 (50.0)b,c
Married 1201 (64.4) 1747 (66.2) 222 (71.8) 54 (65.9) 0.07
Smoking status
Never 1067 (57.2)a 1231 (46.7)b 100 (32.4)c 25 (30.5)c <0.001
Past 730 (39.1)a 1288 (48.8)b 189 (61.2)c 48 (58.5)b,c
Present 68 (3.6)a 112 (4.2)a’b 20 (6.5)b’c 8 (9.8)c
Body mass index 36.1 (5.9)a 36.1 (5.9)a 34.8 (5.7)b 33.2 (4.0)b <0.001
Glycated hemoglobin level, % 7.3 (1.1)a 7.3 (1.2)a 7.0 (1.0)b 7.3 (1.2)a,b <0.001
Daily caloric intake, kcal1 1907.3 2017.4 2119.2 2396.9 <0.001
(933.8)a (825.1)b (842.1)b,c (1040.4)c
Daily caloric intake from alcohol1,2 0 (0)a 12.7 (25.0)b 74.8 (70.2)c 142.7 (136.4)d <0.001
Daily fat intake, %a 39.8 (7.2) 40.2 (6.8) 39.5 (7.0) 39.0 (6.9) 0.34
Daily protein intake, %a 17.3 (3.0)a 17.2 (2.8)a 16.8 (2.6)a,b 15.7 (3.0)b 0.001
Daily intake carbohydrates, %a 44.5 (7.9)a 43.4 (7.4)b 41.8 (7.2)b 41.0 (9.2)b <0.001
Insulin use, yes 341 (18.9)a 359 (14.1)b,c 30 (10.1)c 16 (21.3)a,b <0.001
Physical activity (kcals/week)3 786.0 850.7 1298.6 923.7 <0.001
(1188.0)a (1021.6)a (1645.1)b (1127.4)a,b
Duration of diabetes, y 7.2 (6.7)a 6.5 (6.3)b 5.8 (5.3)b 6.7 (6.8)a,b <0.001
History of cardiovascular disease 263 (14.1) 367 (13.9) 51 (16.5) 7 (8.5) 0.30
Depressive symptoms 5.4 (5.0)a 5.4 (4.8)a 4.6 (4.3)b 5.6 (4.8)a,b 0.02
SF-36, Physical component score 47.3 (8.2)a 48.3 (7.7)b 49.7 (7.3)c 47.7 (8.5)a,b,c <0.001
SF-36, Mental component score 54.5 (8.1)a 53.9 (8.0)a 54.9 (6.5)a 53.9 (8.2)a 0.02

Mean (SD) or n(%).Value with different superscript letters across columns are significantly different from one another at p<0.05. These post-hoc comparisons were only performed when the group comparison p-value was <0.05.

1

Completed by 50% of participants (n=2612). Includes calories from alcohol.

2

Calculated using grams of alcohol multiplied by 7.1 kcals/gram.

3

Completed by participants at 8 clinical centers (n= 2395).