Table 3.

Stratified Cox models predicting diabetes onset from drinking pattern for adults (ages 18–69) by race/ethnicity¹

	White (N=2,435)		Black (N=1,375)		Hispanics (N=1,403)
Lifetime drinking (ref lifetime abstainers)	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI
No Alcohol this period	0.87	(0.57, 1.32)	0.79	(0.52, 1.19)	1.07	(0.71, 1.62)
No 5+, Freq < monthly	0.80	(0.51, 1.24)	0.90	(0.58, 1.40)	1.13	(0.73, 1.77)
5+ yearly, Freq < monthly	0.97	(0.52, 1.80)	0.37	(0.09, 1.54)	0.80	(0.35, 1.84)
5+ <monthly, Freq ≥ monthly	0.53	(0.32, 0.89)*	0.56	(0.33, 0.95)*	0.71	(0.40, 1.28)
5+ <monthly, Freq ≥ weekly	0.38	(0.22, 0.66)***	0.52	(0.29, 0.93)*	0.51	(0.23, 1.13)
5+ ≥ 1x/month	0.37	(0.19, 0.72)**	0.58	(0.27, 1.22)	0.61	(0.30, 1.23)
5+ ≥ 1x/week	0.52	(0.29, 0.94)*	0.60	(0.34, 1.07)	1.10	(0.63, 1.91)

¹Controlling for age, gender, education, income, employment status, marital status, smoking, BMI, parental alcohol problem, childhood physical abuse and childhood sexual abuse

HR=hazard ratio; CI=confidence intervals;

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.001