Table 4.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) at Wave 2 among those without Wave 1 CVD (Incidence) by Wave 1 WHO risk drinking level and change in WHO risk level between Waves 1 and 2.
| Wave 1 WHO risk level and change by Wave 2 |
Wave 1 very-high-risk and high-risk drinkers without Wave 1 CVD (n=817) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Adjusted Prevalence of Wave 2 CVD |
Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
p-value | |
| Wave 1 Very high risk | ||||
| Not decreased by ≧2 levels | 154 | 17.8% | Reference | |
| Decreased by ≧2 levels | 237 | 8.2% | 0.41 (0.28-0.62) | <.0001 |
| Wave 1 High risk | ||||
| Not decreased by ≧2 levels | 196 | 15.4% | Reference | |
| Decreased by ≧2 levels | 230 | 13.3% | 0.84 (0.72–0.99) | 0.0421 |
a
Prevalence values are calculated from the same logistic regression used to obtain adjusted OR values which controls for Wave 1 covariates (sex, age, education, race and ethnicity, smoking, body-mass index, health insurance, presence of psychiatric condition).