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. 2021 Feb 13;13(2):609. doi: 10.3390/nu13020609

Table 3.

Trends in daily consumption of pure alcohol by different types of alcohol for Korean adults aged ≥ 19 years from 1998 to 2018 using the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES).

KNHANES

(1998)

(2001)

(2005)

(2007–2009)

(2010–2012)

(2013–2015)

(2016–2018)
p for Trend
Total (n) 7501 7092 6526 16,187 17,394 16,069 16,854
Alcohol intake (g/d, mean ± SE)
 Total 8.37 ± 0.49 9.86 ± 0.57 13.07 ± 0.83 15.03 ± 0.52 15.97 ± 0.59 16.67 ± 0.53 14.98 ± 0.49 <0.001
 Beer 1.38 ± 0.13 1.69 ± 0.18 2.42 ± 0.24 2.87 ± 0.15 3.59 ± 0.18 3.79 ± 0.17 3.66 ± 0.15 <0.001
 Makgeolli § 0.49 ± 0.08 0.42 ± 0.11 0.74 ± 0.14 0.61 ± 0.06 1.56 ± 0.11 1.40 ± 0.12 0.85 ± 0.07 <0.001
 Wine 0.06 ± 0.02 0.05 ± 0.02 0.07 ± 0.03 0.16 ± 0.03 0.12 ± 0.02 0.16 ± 0.04 0.16 ± 0.03 <0.001
 Cheongju § 0.08 ± 0.04 0.04 ± 0.02 0.15 ± 0.05 0.12 ± 0.03 0.18 ± 0.05 0.12 ± 0.03 0.08 ± 0.02 0.226
 Soju § 6.08 ± 0.38 7.46 ± 0.47 9.32 ± 0.63 10.86 ± 0.45 9.97± 0.45 10.83 ± 0.44 9.95 ± 0.40 <0.001
 Liquor 0.22 ± 0.07 0.11 ± 0.04 0.32 ± 0.09 0.40 ± 0.08 0.52 ± 0.15 0.33 ± 0.07 0.26 ± 0.06 0.024
 Other § 0.05 ± 0.04 0.09 ± 0.04 0.06 ± 0.04 0.01 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01 0.04 ± 0.01 0.01 ± 0.01 0.101
Men (n) 3480 3253 2918 6592 7129 6712 7165
Alcohol intake (g/d, mean ± SE)
 Total 14.78 ± 0.92 16.28± 0.98 22.15 ± 1.49 25.21 ± 0.98 27.27 ± 1.08 27.21 ± 0.94 23.94 ± 0.89 <0.001
 Beer 2.07 ± 0.23 2.39 ± 0.30 3.25 ± 0.41 3.90 ± 0.24 5.33 ± 0.30 5.41 ± 0.29 4.84 ± 0.26 <0.001
 Makgeolli § 0.92 ± 0.17 0.61 ± 0.14 1.39 ± 0.28 0.98 ± 0.11 2.66 ± 0.20 2.42 ± 0.23 1.42 ± 0.12 <0.001
 Wine 0.09 ± 0.04 0.07 ± 0.03 0.06 ± 0.04 0.18 ± 0.06 0.13 ± 0.03 0.22 ± 0.06 0.19 ± 0.04 0.002
 Cheongju § 0.16 ± 0.07 0.05 ± 0.03 0.26 ± 0.09 0.16 ± 0.05 0.28 ± 0.09 0.18 ± 0.06 0.11 ± 0.04 0.569
 Soju § 11.17 ± 0.72 12.85 ± 0.83 16.53 ± 1.16 19.30 ± 0.86 17.86 ± 0.84 18.37 ± 0.79 16.92 ± 0.73 <0.001
 Liquor 0.28 ± 0.11 0.15 ± 0.05 0.56 ± 0.18 0.69 ± 0.16 0.99 ± 0.29 0.57 ± 0.13 0.46 ± 0.10 0.004
 Other § 0.09 ± 0.08 0.15 ± 0.07 0.10 ± 0.08 0.01 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.02 0.04 ± 0.02 0.01 ± 0.01 0.072
Women (n) 4021 3839 3608 9595 10,265 9357 9689
Alcohol intake (g/d, mean ± SE)
 Total 2.09 ± 0.23 3.54 ± 0.39 4.00 ± 0.41 4.81 ± 0.27 4.65 ± 0.26 5.90 ± 0.33 5.79 ± 0.30 <0.001
 Beer 0.68 ± 0.09 0.96 ± 0.13 1.57 ± 0.24 1.84 ± 0.14 1.80 ± 0.13 2.09 ± 0.12 2.45 ± 0.14 <0.001
 Makgeolli § 0.07 ± 0.02 0.23 ± 0.10 0.13 ± 0.03 0.25 ± 0.04 0.50 ± 0.06 0.39 ± 0.05 0.30 ± 0.04 <0.001
 Wine 0.03 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.01 0.08 ± 0.03 0.14 ± 0.04 0.12 ± 0.04 0.10 ± 0.02 0.13 ± 0.03 <0.001
 Cheongju § 0.01 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.02 0.04 ± 0.01 0.09 ± 0.04 0.08 ± 0.03 0.05 ± 0.02 0.06 ± 0.03 0.047
 Soju § 1.11 ± 0.16 2.20 ± 0.30 2.10 ± 0.29 2.38 ± 0.19 2.09 ± 0.21 3.16 ± 0.27 2.78 ± 0.23 <0.001
 Liquor 0.17 ± 0.08 0.08 ± 0.05 0.06 ± 0.03 0.09 ± 0.03 0.04 ± 0.02 0.08 ± 0.03 0.05 ± 0.02 0.206
 Other § 0.02 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.02 0.02 ± 0.01 0.599

Bold values indicate p for trends < 0.05. p for trends by multivariate linear regression. Age-standardized based on the 2005 Korean census, and p for trends adjusting for age. § Makgeolli as a traditional Korean rice wine, cheongju as a traditional Korean clear refined rice wine, soju as a Korean distilled spirit, and other including cocktail and champagne.