Table 3.

Hazard Ratio of Incident Cataract Surgery Across Different Alcohol Beverages among Drinkers Compared with Nondrinkers in EPIC-Norfolk

Amount of Alcohol Intake (g)	No. of Incident Cases	No. at Risk	Univariable Model		Multivariable Model
			Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	P Value	Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	P Value
Nondrinkers	1118	4516	Ref		Ref
Wine drinkers
First tertile	1626	7902	0.76 (0.70–0.82)	<0.001	0.98 (0.91–1.06)	0.57
Second tertile	688	4169	0.58 (0.53–0.64)	<0.001	0.81 (0.74–0.89)	<0.001
Third tertile	547	3721	0.52 (0.47–0.58)	<0.001	0.77 (0.69–0.85)	<0.001
P for trend				<0.001		<0.001
Nondrinkers	1118	4516	Ref		Ref
Beer drinkers
First tertile	985	5532	0.65 (0.59–0.71)	<0.001	0.92 (0.84–1.01)	0.07
Second tertile	392	2524	0.56 (0.50–0.63)	<0.001	0.87 (0.77–0.99)	0.033
Third tertile	360	2567	0.52 (0.46–0.59)	<0.001	0.91 (0.80–1.04)	0.18
P for trend				<0.001		0.07
Nondrinkers	1118	4516	Ref		Ref
Spirits drinkers
First tertile	642	3591	0.64 (0.58–0.71)	<0.001	0.94 (0.85–1.04)	0.23
Second tertile	815	4524	0.66 (0.61–0.72)	<0.001	0.91 (0.83–1.00)	0.06
Third tertile	356	1842	0.76 (0.68–0.86)	<0.001	0.86 (0.76–0.97)	0.016
P for trend				<0.001		0.009

BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval; EPIC = European Prospective Investigation of Cancer.

Multivariable model adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, Townsend deprivation index, BMI, smoking, and diabetes status.

Bold values denote statistical significance at the P < 0.05 level.