Table 2.

Incidence rate and hazard ratios (95% CI) for coronary artery disease by alcohol consumption

Alcohol Consumption	CAD Events	Crude Incidence Rate per 1,000 person-years	Crude Hazard Ratio and 95% CI	Adjusted Hazard Ratio1 and 95% CI
Never drinkers	509	14.5	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)
Former drinkers	2,325	16.6	1.14 (1.04–1.26)	1.02 (0.92–1.13)
Alcohol Consumption (g/day)
≤6	1,051	11.6	0.79 (0.71–0.88)	0.83 (0.74–0.93)
>6–12	480	11.4	0.78 (0.69–0.88)	0.77 (0.67–0.87)
>12–24	497	13.6	0.74 (0.65–0.85)	0.71 (0.62–0.81)
>24–36	130	9.8	0.67 (0.55–0.81)	0.62 (0.51–0.76)
>36–48	84	9.6	0.66 (0.53–0.83)	0.58 (0.46–0.74)
AUD/heavy drinkers	1,252	14.0	0.96 (0.87–1.06)	0.95 (0.85–1.06)
P for trend			<0.001	0.002

¹Adjusted for age (continuous), sex, body mass index (continuous), smoking, exercise, education, white race