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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2020 Jul 3;44(8):1625–1635. doi: 10.1111/acer.14386

Table 5.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) conditions at Wave 2 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
Hypertension
n Adjusted
Prevalence at
W2
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
p-value
Wave 1 Very high risk
Not decreased by ≧2 levels 214 21.1% Reference
Decreased by ≧2 levels 298 12.3% 0.52 (0.38-0.72) <.0001
Wave 1 High risk
Not decreased by ≧2 levels 266 16.0% Reference
Decreased by ≧2 levels 280 15.8% 0.98 (0.81-1.19) 0.8628
Wave 1 WHO risk level
and change by Wave 2
Arteriosclerosis
n Adjusted
Prevalence at
Wave 2
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
p-value
Wave 1 Very high risk
Not decreased by ≧2 levels 214 0.0% Reference
Decreased by ≧2 levels 298 0.0% 1.03 (0.40-2.65) 0.9476
Wave 1 High risk
Not decreased by ≧2 levels 266 0.0% Reference
Decreased by ≧2 levels 280 0.0% 1.21 (0.43-3.41) 0.7149
Wave 1 WHO risk level
and change by Wave 2
Angina
n Adjusted
Prevalence at
Wave 2
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
p-value
Wave 1 Very high risk
Not decreased by ≧2 levels 214 0.7% Reference
Decreased by ≧2 levels 298 1.9% 2.98 (1.32-6.73) 0.0084
Wave 1 High risk
Not decreased by ≧2 levels 266 1.7% Reference
Decreased by ≧2 levels 280 0.9% 0.51 (0.30-0.88) 0.0154
Wave 1 WHO risk level
and change by Wave 2
Tachycardia
n Adjusted
Prevalence at
Wave 2
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
p-value
Wave 1 Very high risk
Not decreased by ≧2 levels 214 2.9% Reference
Decreased by ≧2 levels 298 2.5% 0.85 (0.59-1.21) 0.3636
Wave 1 High risk
Not decreased by ≧2 levels 266 2.1% Reference
Decreased by ≧2 levels 280 1.9% 0.92 (0.78-1.08) 0.2997
Wave 1 WHO risk level
and change by Wave 2
Myocardial infarctionb
n Adjusted
Prevalence at
Wave 2
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
p-value
Wave 1 Very high risk
Not decreased by ≧2 levels 214 0.02% Reference
Decreased by ≧2 levels 298 0.04% 2.31 (0.58-9.15) 0.2323
Wave 1 High risk
Not decreased by ≧2 levels 266 0.03% Reference
Decreased by ≧2 levels 280 0.00% 0.10 (0.05-0.19) <.0001
Wave 1 WHO risk level
and change by Wave 2
Other CVD
n Adjusted
Prevalence at
Wave 2
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
p-value
Wave 1 Very high risk
Not decreased by ≧2 levels 214 0.4% Reference
Decreased by ≧2 levels 298 0.3% 0.79 (0.32-1.99) 0.6215
Wave 1 High risk
Not decreased by ≧2 levels 266 0.5% Reference
Decreased by ≧2 levels 280 0.2% 0.38 (0.18-0.78) 0.009
a

Prevalence values are calculated from the same logistic regression used to obtain adjusted OR values which controls for a priori control covariates (sex, age, education, race and ethnicity, smoking, body-mass index, health insurance, presence of psychiatric condition, respective CVD condition).

b

Results of prevalence levels for myocardial infarction are reported out to two decimal places because of its low prevalence.