Table 1a.
Descriptive statistics according to alcohol intake among 113,372 men in Norwegian health surveys.
| All men | Average intake of alcohol (grams per day) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <2 g/day | 2 - <12 g/day | 12 - <24 g/day | ≥24 g/day | p-value | ||
| Participants | 113,372 (1 0 0) | 34,716 (31) | 63,543 (56) | 12,593 (11) | 2520 (2) | |
| Alcohol, grams/day | 6.0 ± 6.9 | 0.7 ± 0.7 | 5.8 ± 2.6 | 16.0 ± 3.1 | 35.1 ± 13.4 | <0.001 |
| Age, years | 44 ± 10 | 46 ± 12 | 43 ± 9 | 43 ± 9 | 44 ± 10 | <0.001 |
| Ever married | 26,562 (23) | 7461 (22) | 14,561 (23) | 3655 (29) | 885 (35) | <0.001 |
| Educational level (1–8) | 4.1 ± 1.6 | 3.8 ± 1.6 | 4.2 ± 1.6 | 4.4 ± 1.7 | 4.3 ± 1.7 | <0.001 |
| Primary education (1–2) | 20,932 (19) | 8211 (24) | 10,260 (16) | 1943 (15) | 518 (21) | <0.001 |
| Secondary education (3–4) | 61,063 (54) | 18,956 (55) | 34,595 (54) | 6359 (51) | 1153 (46) | <0.001 |
| Tertiary education (5–8) | 31,377 (28) | 7549 (22) | 18,688 (29) | 4291 (34) | 849 (34) | <0.001 |
| Current smoker | 39,483 (35) | 10,621 (31) | 22,092 (35) | 5481 (44) | 1289 (51) | <0.001 |
| Never smoker | 41,466 (37) | 14,059 (41) | 23,286 (37) | 3547 (28) | 574 (23) | <0.001 |
| Former light smoker | 27,284 (24) | 8442 (24) | 15472 (24) | 2876 (23) | 494 (20) | <0.001 |
| Former heavy smoker | 5139 (4.5) | 1594 (4.6) | 2693 (4.2) | 689 (5.5) | 163 (6.5) | <0.001 |
| Current light smoker | 27,802 (25) | 7522 (22) | 16,104 (25) | 3522 (28) | 654 (26) | <0.001 |
| Current heavy smoker | 11,681 (10) | 3099 (9) | 5988 (9) | 1959 (16) | 635 (25) | <0.001 |
| Physical activity (1–4) | 2.2 ± 1.0 | 2.1 ± 1.0 | 2.2 ± 1.0 | 2.2 ± 1.0 | 2.1 ± 1.0 | <0.001 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 26.3 ± 3.4 | 26.4 ± 3.6 | 26.2 ± 3.3 | 26.3 ± 3.3 | 26.3 ± 3.6 | <0.001 |
| Heart rate, bpm | 71 ± 12 | 71 ± 12 | 70 ± 12 | 71 ± 12 | 73 ± 13 | 0.709 |
| Systolic BP, mm Hg | 134 ± 15 | 135 ± 16 | 133 ± 15 | 134 ± 15 | 136 ± 16 | <0.001 |
| Triglycerides, mmol/l | 2.04 ± 1.36 | 2.07 ± 1.36 | 2.02 ± 1.32 | 2.07 ± 1.46 | 2.13 ± 1.64 | 0.759 |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/l | 5.77 ± 1.10 | 5.78 ± 1.11 | 5.76 ± 1.08 | 5.83 ± 1.15 | 5.85 ± 1.10 | 0.002 |
| HDL–cholesterol, mmol/l | 1.24 ± 0.33 | 1.19 ± 0.31 | 1.25 ± 0.32 | 1.30 ± 0.35 | 1.37 ± 0.40 | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 1642 (1.4) | 760 (2.2) | 728 (1.1) | 115 (0.9) | 39 (1.5) | <0.001 |
| History of CVD | 4190 (3.7) | 1935 (5.6) | 1851 (2.9) | 310 (2.5) | 94 (3.7) | <0.001 |
| Family history of CHD | 43,691 (39 ) | 13,608 (39) | 24,445 (39) | 4699 (37) | 939 (37) | 0.001 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; HDL-cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; CVD, cardiovascular disease; CHD, Coronary heart disease. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation and count (percentage). Group differences were assessed with analysis of variance and the chi-square test.