Table 1b.
Descriptive statistics according to alcohol intake among 121,020 women in Norwegian health surveys.
| All women | 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 | 121,020 (1 0 0) | 57,527 (48) | 58,925 (49) | 4,107 (3) | 461 (0.4) | |
| Alcohol, grams/day | 3.3 ± 4.2 | 0.5 ± 0.7 | 4.9 ± 2.4 | 15.6 ± 3.0 | 34.5 ± 12.3 | <0.001 |
| Age, years | 43 ± 10 | 44 ± 11 | 42 ± 9 | 44 ± 9 | 45 ± 10 | <0.001 |
| Ever married | 20,806 (17) | 9648 (17) | 10,237 (17) | 807 (20) | 114 (25) | <0.001 |
| Educational level (1–8) | 4.0 ± 1.6 | 3.8 ± 1.6 | 4.2 ± 1.7 | 4.6 ± 1.7 | 4.4 ± 1.8 | <0.001 |
| Primary education (1–2) | 25,691 (21) | 14,572 (25) | 10,423 (18) | 598 (15) | 98 (21) | <0.001 |
| Secondary education (3–4) | 57,147 (47) | 28,088 (49) | 27,240 (46) | 1648 (40) | 171 (37) | <0.001 |
| Tertiary education (5–8) | 38,182 (33) | 14,867 (26) | 21,262 (36) | 1861 (45) | 192 (42) | <0.001 |
| Current smoker | 45,486 (38) | 20,048 (35) | 23,162 (39) | 1997 (49) | 279 (61) | <0.001 |
| Never smoker | 44,288 (37) | 23,780 (41) | 19,513 (33) | 922 (22) | 73 (16) | <0.001 |
| Former light smoker | 29,645 (25) | 13,004 (23) | 15,494 (26) | 1059 (26) | 88 (20) | <0.001 |
| Former heavy smoker | 1601 (1.3) | 695 (1.2) | 756 (1.3) | 129 (3.1) | 21 (4.6) | <0.001 |
| Current light smoker | 38,137 (32) | 17,090 (30) | 19,470 (33) | 1420 (35) | 157 (34) | <0.001 |
| Current heavy smoker | 7349 (6) | 2958 (5) | 3692 (6) | 577 (14) | 122 (27) | <0.001 |
| Physical activity (1–4) | 2.0 ± 0.9 | 1.9 ± 0.9 | 2.0 ± 0.9 | 2.1 ± 0.9 | 2.0 ± 0.9 | <0.001 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 25.0 ± 4.1 | 25.5 ± 4.5 | 24.6 ± 3.7 | 24.3 ± 3.6 | 24.4 ± 3.9 | <0.001 |
| Heart rate, bpm | 75 ± 12 | 76 ± 12 | 74 ± 12 | 74 ± 12 | 75 ± 12 | <0.001 |
| Systolic BP, mm Hg | 125 ± 17 | 127 ± 18 | 124 ± 15.7 | 125 ± 16 | 127 ± 18 | <0.001 |
| Triglycerides, mmol/l | 1.36 ± 0.84 | 1.44 ± 0.90 | 1.30 ± 0.77 | 1.30 ± 0.87 | 1.37 ± 1.06 | <0.001 |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/l | 5.52 ± 1.09 | 5.62 ± 1.16 | 5.43 ± 1.03 | 5.47 ± 1.00 | 5.59 ± 1.15 | <0.001 |
| HDL–cholesterol, mmol/l | 1.51 ± 0.37 | 1.46 ± 0.36 | 1.54 ± 0.38 | 1.65 ± 0.41 | 1.74 ± 0.48 | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 1248 (1.0) | 794 (1.4) | 434 (0.7) | 17 (0.4) | 3 (0.7) | <0.001 |
| History of CVD | 1862 (1.5) | 1239 (2.2) | 561 (1.0) | 50 (1.2) | 12 (2.6) | <0.001 |
| Family history of CHD | 49,808 (41) | 24,263 (42) | 23,765 (40) | 1588 (39) | 192 (42) | <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.