Table 2. Relative risks (RR) of all-cause mortality according to alcohol consumption in men and women.†.
| Past drinkers | Never drinkers | Current drinkers (g alcohol per day) | P for trend | |||||
| Men | All | <22.8 | 22.8-45.5 | 45.6-68.3 | ≥68.4 | |||
| Person-years | 14,449 | 33,927 | 163,850 | 49,621 | 39,212 | 47,355 | 27,662 | |
| No. of death | 187 | 175 | 973 | 238 | 229 | 286 | 220 | |
| Age-adjusted RR | 2.16 (1.76 - 2.66) | 1.00 | 1.29 (1.10 - 1.52) | 1.07 (0.88 - 1.30) | 1.22 (1.00 - 1.48) | 1.26 (1.04 - 1.52) | 1.92 (1.57 - 2.34) | <0.001 |
| Multivariate RR1 | 1.86 (1.50 - 2.29) | 1.00 | 1.21 (1.03 - 1.43) | 1.10 (0.90 - 1.33) | 1.17 (0.96 - 1.42) | 1.16 (0.96 - 1.40) | 1.62 (1.32 - 1.99) | <0.001 |
| Multivariate RR2 | 1.86 (1.48 - 2.34) | 1.00 | 1.21 (1.01 - 1.43) | 1.09 (0.88 - 1.35) | 1.14 (0.92 - 1.42) | 1.20 (0.97 - 1.47) | 1.59 (1.27 - 1.98) | <0.001 |
| Women | All | <22.8 | ≥22.8 | |||||
| Person-years | 7,514 | 138,963 | 45,465 | 39,879 | 5,586 | |||
| No. of death | 36 | 400 | 108 | 78 | 30 | |||
| Age-adjusted RR | 1.78 (1.27 - 2.51) | 1.00 | 1.09 (0.88 - 1.35) | 0.90 (0.70 - 1.15) | 2.43 (1.67 - 3.53) | <0.001 | ||
| Multivariate RR1 | 1.40 (0.98 - 2.00) | 1.00 | 1.01 (0.81 - 1.27) | 0.87 (0.68 - 1.12) | 1.98 (1.33 - 2.95) | 0.005 | ||
| Multivariate RR2 | 1.33 (0.88 - 2.00) | 1.00 | 1.12 (0.88 - 1.43) | 0.98 (0.75 - 1.28) | 2.10 (1.36 - 3.24) | 0.005 | ||
† : Adjusted for age in years; education (up to 15 years of age, 16-18, or 19 years or older); marital status at baseline (whether or not living with spouse); past histories of hypertension, renal diseases, liver diseases, diabetes mellitus, peptic ulcers, or tuberculosis; cigarette smoking (never smokers, past smokers, current smokers smoking 1-19 cigarettes per day, or current smokers smoking at least 20 cigarettes per day); body mass index in kg/m2 (less than 18.5, 18.5-24.9, or 25.0 or higher); walking time per day (less than 1 hour, or 1 hour or longer); consumption frequencies of green vegetables and oranges (almost daily, 3-4 times per week, 1-2 times per week, or 1-2 times per month or less often). Multivariate RR2 has been estimated with the exclusion of 317 subjects (220 men and 97 women) who died within the first 3 years of follow-up. Numbers in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals.