Table 3.

Associations between lifetime hazardous drinking and incident CVD events and mortality.

	CHD incidence					Stroke incidence
	No. of cases	Total no.	HR	(95% CI)	P‐value	No. of cases	Total no.	HR	(95% CI)	P‐value
Never hazardous drinker	88	1881	1.00 (Ref)			18	1881	1.00
Former early hazardous drinker	41	830	1.10	(0.75, 1.62)	0.615	9	831	1.46	(0.64, 3.31)	0.367
Former later hazardous drinker	24	482	0.91	(0.57, 1.44)	0.686	9	982	1.94	(0.86, 4.38)	0.112
Current hazardous drinker	49	1128	0.85	(0.59, 1.23)	0.399	25	1127	2.75	(1.44, 5.22)	0.002

	MI incidence					CVD incidence
	No. of cases	Total no.	HR	(95% CI)	P‐value	No. of cases	Total no.	HR	(95% CI)	P‐value
Never hazardous drinker	20	1881	1.00			111	1182	1.00
Former early hazardous drinker	14	830	1.50	(0.74, 3.04)	0.266	50	831	1.15	(0.81, 1.62)	0.434
Former later hazardous drinker	6	482	0.92	(0.37, 2.33)	0.864	32	482	1.01	(0.68, 1.51)	0.946
Current hazardous drinker	7	1127	0.46	(0.19, 1.13)	0.091	75	1128	1.13	(0.83, 1.54)	0.445

	Total mortality					Non‐CVD mortality
	No. of cases	Total no.	HR	(95% CI)	P‐value	No of cases	Total no.	HR	(95% CI)	P‐value
Never hazardous drinker	75	1893	1.00			56	1893	1.00
Former early hazardous drinker	28	836	1.14	(0.73, 1.78)	0.573	22	836	1.18	(0.71, 1.96)	0.524
Former later hazardous drinker	26	485	1.48	(0.93, 2.33)	0.095	25	486	1.93	(1.19, 3.14)	0.008
Current hazardous drinker	33	1134	0.94	(0.61, 1.44)	0.771	29	1134	1.10	(0.69, 1.77)	0.687

CVD = cardiovascular disease; CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio; MI = myocardial infarction.