Table S1. Demographic characteristics and smoking by the 5-group heavy alcohol drinking status of the US adults (NHIS 2012-2017)†.
| Characteristic | Never (n=39,541, 20.6%) | Former (n=29,775, 13.8%) | Current | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infrequent (n=24,858, 12.9%) | Light/moderate (n=87,914, 47.4%) | Heavy (n=10,502, 5.2%) | |||
| Age (year) | 45.32±0.18 | 55.85±0.14 | 48.01±0.16 | 44.67±0.11 | 45.87±0.26 |
| Age (years) | |||||
| <45 | 16,872 (22.4) | 6,643 (7.7) | 9,863 (12.1) | 43,554 (52.6) | 4,763 (5.2) |
| 45–64 | 10,811 (16.3) | 11,492 (16.4) | 9,085 (14.1) | 29,630 (47.5) | 3,936 (5.7) |
| ≥65 | 11,858 (24.0) | 11,640 (24.6) | 5,910 (13.0) | 14,730 (34.2) | 1,803 (4.2) |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 27,200 (25.4) | 16,133 (13.8) | 16,704 (15.9) | 41,074 (39.9) | 5,413 (5.0) |
| Male | 12,341 (15.4) | 13,642 (13.9) | 8,154 (9.7) | 46,840 (55.5) | 5,089 (5.4) |
| Race | |||||
| Non-Hispanic Caucasian | 23,548 (16.8) | 22,107 (14.1) | 17,928 (12.7) | 68,815 (50.5) | 8,716 (5.9) |
| Non-Hispanic African-American | 7,585 (29.7) | 4,422 (14.6) | 3,557 (13.6) | 9,813 (38.6) | 995 (3.6) |
| Other Hispanic or others | 8,408 (33.9) | 3,246 (11.6) | 3,373 (13.6) | 9,286 (38.2) | 791 (2.7) |
| Education | |||||
| <High school | 8,827 (34.4) | 5,958 (20.7) | 3,078 (12.2) | 7,118 (28.7) | 1,069 (3.9) |
| High school | 11,470 (24.3) | 9,073 (17.0) | 6,576 (13.7) | 18,676 (39.6) | 2,620 (5.3) |
| >High school | 18,491 (16.0) | 14,445 (11.1) | 15,076 (12.8) | 61,779 (54.7) | 6,772 (5.4) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married or living with partner | 16,201 (18.0) | 12,787 (14.3) | 11,373 (13.6) | 40,348 (49.6) | 3,784 (4.6) |
| Never married | 10,923 (29.7) | 4,346 (7.9) | 4,788 (10.5) | 22,047 (46.4) | 3,029 (5.5) |
| Widowed, divorced, separated | 10,954 (20.9) | 11,236 (21.6) | 7,117 (14.2) | 18,873 (38.0) | 2,678 (5.3) |
| Smoking | |||||
| Never | 33,343 (28.6) | 13,346 (10.3) | 14,815 (12.7) | 50,260 (45.4) | 3,608 (2.9) |
| Former | 3,381 (6.9) | 10,633 (21.8) | 5,505 (12.4) | 21,882 (51.8) | 3,023 (7.0) |
| Current | 2,790 (8.4) | 5,754 (16.4) | 4,527 (14.5) | 15,705 (49.3) | 3,864 (11.4) |
†, associations between the selected factors and the 5-group heavy drinking patterns (and 3-group current heavy drinking patterns), all P values <0.001. Data are shown as number (weighted percentage) or mean ± SE.