TABLE 5.
Linear regression results from alcohol and smoking exposure predicting Mean HR in 1F.
| Exposure category | Both sites | South Africa | Northern Plains | ||||||
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| N | Effect size Mean difference (SE) | p val | N | Effect size Mean difference (SE) | p val | N | Effect size Mean difference (SE) | p val | |
| No alcohol | 1460 | / | / | 1027 | / | / | 433 | / | / | 
| Alcohol low quit early | 682 | −0.322 (0.375) | 0.390 | 413 | 0.0197 (0.4607) | 0.966 | 269 | −0.9368 (0.6607) | 0.157 | 
| Alcohol high quit early | 146 | 1.135 (0.698) | 0.104 | 84 | 2.170 (0.8989) | 0.016 | 62 | −0.346 (1.1396) | 0.761 | 
| Alcohol low continuous | 298 | −0.217 (0.518) | 0.675 | 284 | 0.0924 (0.5333) | 0.863 | 14 | −0.8672 (2.2564) | 0.701 | 
| Alcohol moderate continuous | 286 | 0.202 (0.536) | 0.706 | 255 | 0.5537 (0.5722) | 0.333 | 31 | −0.8683 (1.5548) | 0.577 | 
| Alcohol high continuous | 135 | 1.431 (0.742) | 0.054 | 129 | 2.0443 (0.7601) | 0.007 | 6 | −4.549 (3.4929) | 0.193 | 
| No smoking | 1641 | / | / | 950 | / | / | 691 | / | / | 
| Smoking quit early | 96 | 1.909 (0.845) | 0.024 | 53 | 0.9037 (1.115) | 0.418 | 43 | 3.3568 (1.3482) | 0.013 | 
| Smoking low continuous | 766 | −0.413 (0.390) | 0.290 | 722 | −0.6005 (0.4068) | 0.140 | 44 | −0.103 (1.3928) | 0.941 | 
| Smoking moderate/high continuous | 504 | −0.682 (0.450) | 0.130 | 467 | −1.0197 (0.4743) | 0.0317 | 37 | 1.0713 (1.4572) | 0.4624 | 
SE: standard error; P val: p-values; N = number of participants in the group. Bold and italicized values represent p-value ≤ 0.05.