Table 1.

Participants’ characteristics according to educational attainment and gender (1993–2014, Bus Santé study, state of Geneva, Switzerland)

	Overall	Men				Women
		Primary education	Secondary education	Tertiary education	P value	Primary education	Secondary education	Tertiary education	P value
N (%)	16 725 (100)	1257 (14.7)	4119 (48.2)	3173 (37.1)		1750 (21.4)	3414 (41.8)	3012 (36.8)
Age, mean±SD	52.1±10.6	52.8±10.9	52.8±10.7	51.0±10.6	<0.001	54.6±10.6	52.9±10.4	49.8±10.1	<0.001
Swiss nationality, (%)					<0.001				<0.001
No	4704 (28.1)	690 (54.9)	964 (23.4)	1054 (33.2)		561 (32.1)	568 (16.6)	867 (28.8)
Yes	12 013 (71.9)	567 (45.1)	3152 (76.6)	2116 (66.8)		1189 (67.9)	2846 (83.4)	2143 (71.2)
Total alcohol consumption (g/day), mean±SD	15.9±18.9	26.3±24.7	22.3±23.2	17.8±18.1	<0.001	10.7±13.3	10.0±12.7	10.2±12.7	0.22
Hazardous alcohol consumption, (%)					<0.001				0.62
No	13 676 (81.8)	840 (66.8)	3089 (75.0)	2641 (83.2)		1510 (86.3)	2979 (87.3)	2617 (86.9)
Yes	3049 (18.2)	417 (33.2)	1030 (25.0)	532 (16.8)		240 (13.7)	435 (12.7)	395 (13.1)
Smoking status, (%)					<0.001				<0.001
Never smoker	6812 (42.5)	379 (30.2)	1356 (33.0)	1403 (44.3)		819 (53.1)	1441 (46.2)	1414 (50.1)
Current smoker	3829 (23.9)	382 (30.4)	1154 (28.0)	625 (19.7)		355 (23.0)	794 (25.4)	519 (18.4)
Ex-smoker	5385 (33.6)	496 (39.5)	1605 (39.0)	1140 (36.0)		368 (23.9)	886 (28.4)	890 (31.5)
Law package period, (%)					<0.001				<0.001
Period 1 (before 20 October 2000)	7187 (43.0)	587 (46.7)	1914 (46.5)	1120 (35.3)		1022 (58.4)	1429 (41.9)	1115 (37.0)
Period 2 (20 October 2000 to 1 February 2004)	3550 (21.2)	269 (21.4)	905 (22.0)	632 (19.9)		372 (21.3)	707 (20.7)	665 (22.1)
Period 3 (2 February 2004 to 31 October 2009)	2467 (14.8)	178 (14.2)	571 (13.9)	535 (16.9)		186 (10.6)	501 (14.7)	496 (16.5)
Period 4 (after 31 October 2009)	3521 (21.1)	223 (17.7)	729 (17.7)	886 (27.9)		170 (9.7)	777 (22.8)	736 (24.4)