Table 2. Description of alcohol use in terms of observed average drinking volume (on workweek days, at weekends, and total DV) and AUD prevalence according to its severity over the 3 waves by alcohol use class.
| AU classes | K1 | K2 | K3 | K4 | K5 | K6 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labels | Abstainers– | Light WW increasers | Light decreasers | Moderate WE decreasers | Moderate WW increasers | Heavy drinkers | ||||||||||||
| light drinkers | ||||||||||||||||||
| NAU (%) | 467 (9.8%) | 801 (16.9%) | 576 (12.1%) | 1327 (28.0%) | 536 (11.3%) | 1039 (21.9%) | ||||||||||||
| Wave | W1 | W2 | W3 | W1 | W2 | W3 | W1 | W2 | W3 | W1 | W2 | W3 | W1 | W2 | W3 | W1 | W2 | W3 |
| DV workweek | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.74 | 0.71 | 0.59 | 0.02 | 1.12 | 1.32 | 1.46 | 0.00 | 1.29 | 2.08 | 3.38 | 3.58 | 3.93 |
| DV weekend | 0.30 | 0.15 | 0.74 | 1.84 | 1.18 | 2.02 | 4.94 | 3.75 | 1.76 | 5.69 | 5.39 | 4.55 | 7.06 | 8.39 | 7.67 | 16.22 | 15.47 | 12.57 |
| Total DV | 0.36 | 0.19 | 0.88 | 2.07 | 1.44 | 2.76 | 5.65 | 4.34 | 1.78 | 6.80 | 6.71 | 6.00 | 7.06 | 9.67 | 9.76 | 19.59 | 19.05 | 16.50 |
| % DV workweek | 17.0 | 22.4 | 15.9 | 11.0 | 17.7 | 26.9 | 12.5 | 13.6 | 0.9 | 16.4 | 19.7 | 24.2 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 21.4 | 17.2 | 18.8 | 23.8 |
| % monthly HED | 1.7 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 30.9 | 25.5 | 7.1 | 48.6 | 42.6 | 35.9 | 52.8 | 66.7 | 62.1 | 96.2 | 95.6 | 85.1 |
| N* | 466 | 797 | 575 | 1319 | 533 | 1028 | ||||||||||||
| AUD prev.—No | 97.9 | 98.3 | 97.0 | 87.8 | 88.2 | 84.2 | 79.8 | 80.5 | 88.0 | 67.6 | 67.7 | 66.9 | 71.5 | 60.8 | 58.4 | 34.5 | 36.7 | 37.3 |
| AUD prev.—Mild | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 10.1 | 24.7 | 27.2 | 27.5 | 20.5 | 28.9 | 30.6 | 40.3 | 38.0 | 38.8 |
| AUD prev.—Mod. | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 8.8 | 17.3 | 17.7 | 17.5 |
| AUD prev.—Sev. | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 6.4 |
DV: drinking volume (number of standard drinks per week). % monthly HED: prevalence of participants drinking at least six drinks on a single occasion, once monthly or more. Prevalence of an alcohol use disorder according to its severity: No (0–1 criterion), Mild (2–3 criteria), Mod.: moderate (4–5) and Sev.: severe (6 or more).
* Due to missing values, 4746 participants were included in the analysis on AU trajectories, whereas 4719 participants were included in the analysis on AUD.