Table 2.
Distribution of Life's Simple 7 metrics by alcohol consumption
| Alcohol consumption | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Never | Former | <1 drink/day | 1–2 drinks/day | >2 drinks/day | Binge | P* | |
| Smoking | ||||||||
| Poor | 839 (13%) | 80 (6%) | 187 (12%) | 391 (14%) | 112 (19%) | 69 (32%) | 173 (33%) | <0.0001 |
| Intermediate | 80 (1%) | 6 (1%) | 25 (2%) | 38 (1%) | 5 (1%) | 6 (3%) | 15 (3%) | |
| Ideal | 5587 (86%) | 1236 (93%) | 1321 (86%) | 2426 (85%) | 462 (8%) | 142 (65%) | 336 (64%) | |
| Body mass index | ||||||||
| Poor | 2073 (32%) | 380 (29%) | 600 (39%) | 889 (31%) | 143 (25%) | 61 (28%) | 180 (34%) | <0.0001 |
| Intermediate | 2558 (39%) | 489 (37%) | 567 (37%) | 1162 (41%) | 238 (41%) | 102 (47%) | 235 (45%) | |
| Ideal | 1875 (29%) | 452 (34%) | 366 (24%) | 804 (43%) | 198 (34%) | 54 (25%) | 109 (21%) | |
| Physical activity | ||||||||
| Poor | 1486 (23%) | 399 (30%) | 411 (27%) | 518 (18%) | 102 (18%) | 56 (26%) | 132 (25%) | <0.0001 |
| Intermediate | 1128 (17%) | 228 (17%) | 263 (17%) | 513 (18%) | 85 (15%) | 39 (18%) | 73 (14%) | |
| Ideal | 3892 (60%) | 695 (53%) | 859 (56%) | 1824 (64%) | 392 (68%) | 122 (56%) | 319 (61%) | |
| Diet | ||||||||
| Poor | 2943 (45%) | 467 (35%) | 721 (47%) | 1342 (47%) | 284 (49%) | 129 (59%) | 325 (62%) | <0.0001 |
| Intermediate | 3493 (54%) | 833 (63%) | 802 (52%) | 1483 (52%) | 287 (50%) | 88 (41%) | 199 (38%) | |
| Ideal | 70 (1%) | 22 (2%) | 10 (1%) | 30 (1%) | 8 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Total cholesterol | ||||||||
| Poor | 872 (18%) | 192 (15%) | 168 (11%) | 402 (14%) | 72 (12%) | 38 (18%) | 88 (17%) | 0.015 |
| Intermediate | 2544 (39%) | 518 (39%) | 598 (39%) | 1094 (38%) | 246 (43%) | 88 (41%) | 204 (39%) | |
| Ideal | 3090 (47%) | 612 (46%) | 767 (50%) | 1359 (48%) | 261 (45%) | 91 (42%) | 232 (44%) | |
| Blood pressure | ||||||||
| Poor | 2439 (37%) | 586 (44%) | 605 (40%) | 961 (34%) | 209 (36%) | 78 (36%) | 172 (33%) | <0.0001 |
| Intermediate | 1819 (28%) | 328 (25%) | 461 (30%) | 789 (28%) | 165 (29%) | 76 (35%) | 173 (33%) | |
| Ideal | 2248 (35%) | 408 (31%) | 467 (30%) | 1105 (39%) | 205 (35%) | 63 (29%) | 179 (34%) | |
| Blood glucose | ||||||||
| Poor | 700 (11%) | 190 (14%) | 223 (15%) | 236 (8%) | 36 (6%) | 15 (7%) | 52 (10%) | <0.0001 |
| Intermediate | 987 (15%) | 200 (15%) | 256 (17%) | 393 (14%) | 94 (16%) | 44 (20%) | 87 (17%) | |
| Ideal | 4819 (74%) | 932 (71%) | 1054 (69%) | 2226 (78%) | 449 (78%) | 158 (73%) | 385 (73%) | |
Percentages were rounded up to whole numbers; *P‐value compares differences between never, former, <1, 1–2, and >2; Total does not include binge drinking.