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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol. 2022 Jan 24;77:102101. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2022.102101

Table 5.

Adjusteda odds of risky drinking behavior stratified by age group.

Age ≤ 34 years Age 35–54 years Age ≥ 55 years
Exceeding Moderate Drinkers (N = 5649) Vs. Moderate Drinkers (N = 2819) Binge Drinkers (N = 1697) Vs. Non-Binge Drinkers (N = 6771) Exceeding Moderate Drinkers (N = 5602) Vs. Moderate Drinkers (N = 4587) Binge Drinkers (N = 1471) Vs. Non-Binge Drinkers (N = 8718) Exceeding Moderate Drinkers (N = 3013) Vs. Moderate Drinkers (N = 6264) Binge Drinkers (N = 516) Vs. Non-Binge Drinkers (N = 8761)
variables Odds Ratio 95% CI Odds Ratio 95% CI Odds Ratio 95% CI Odds Ratio 95% CI Odds Ratio 95% CI Odds Ratio 95% CI
Cancer status:
Cancer Free Individuals REF
Cancer survivors 0.81 0.49–1.34 1.51 0.72–3.18 1.08 0.80–1.44 1.09 0.69–1.72 0.70 0.58–0.85 0.47 0.26–0.86
Cancer type:
Cancer Free Individuals REF
Breast (female only) b / / 2.42 0.28–20.78 0.91 0.40–2.03 0.56 0.20–1.63 0.69 0.47–1.00 0.12 0.02–0.90
Prostate (male only) c / / / / 1.00 0.21–4.83 0.48 0.04–6.56 0.52 0.36–0.73 0.23 0.10–0.53
Cervical (female only) 1.17 0.46–2.96 2.36 0.91–6.17 1.22 0.66–2.27 2.23 0.97–5.12 1.12 0.5–2.51 6.90 1.27–37.3
Melanoma d 0.30 0.05–1.78 / / 1.07 0.51–2.26 1.07 0.20–5.74 0.83 0.52–1.32 0.03 0.004–0.25
Colorectal 1.19 0.11–13.15 5.11 1.00–26.21 0.86 0.30–2.41 0.40 0.09–1.78 0.68 0.39–1.18 0.71 0.20–2.57
Uterine (female only) 0.51 0.12–2.24 0.05 0.002–0.92 0.36 0.14–0.92 0.41 0.09–1.83 0.89 0.42–1.89 1.07 0.14–7.96
Others e 0.75 0.34–1.65 1.42 0.58–3.52 1.26 0.79–2.00 0.94 0.48–1.81 0.70 0.50–0.99 0.46 0.18–1.15
Alcohol-attributable cancer
Cancer Free Individuals REF
Alcohol-attributable cancer 4.17 0.39–44.8 3.17 0.90–11.1 1.01 0.53–1.93 0.61 0.26–1.43 0.66 0.46–0.96 0.39 0.13–1.13
Non-alcohol-attributable cancer 0.74 0.45–1.21 1.43 0.65–3.16 1.10 0.79–1.53 1.24 0.74–2.10 0.72 0.58–0.89 0.50 0.24–1.03
Number of Cancers:
Cancer Free Individuals REF
Single cancer 0.83 0.50–1.39 1.53 0.71–3.27 1.01 0.75–1.38 1.00 0.62–1.62 0.80 0.61–1.05 0.44 0.24–0.82
Multiple cancer 0.38 0.07–2.18 1.18 0.14–9.73 2.24 0.91–5.50 2.32 0.52–10.35 0.65 0.52–0.83 0.75 0.16–3.56
Survivorship:
Cancer Free Individuals REF
Short-term survivor (0–5 yrs) 0.65 0.31–1.36 1.58 0.59–4.24 1.03 0.66–1.60 1.29 0.59–2.82 0.80 0.61–1.05 0.33 0.14–0.83
Long-term survivor (>5 yrs) 1.01 0.49–2.08 1.47 0.69–3.13 1.11 0.76–1.60 0.94 0.53–1.68 0.65 0.52–0.83 0.62 0.28–1.39
a

Factors being adjusted include age, gender, race, education level, marital status and smoking status.

b

2 breast cancer survivors under the age of 35 were exceeding moderate drinker and no breast cancer survivors in this age group were moderate drinker.

c

No prostate cancer survivors were 37 and under.

d

6 melanoma survivors under the age of 35 were no binge drinkers and no melanoma survivors in this age group were binge drinker.

e

Other cancers include bladder cancer, blood cancer, bone cancer, brain cancer, esophagus cancer, gallbladder cancer, kidney cancer, larynx/windpipe cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, lymphoma/Hodgkin’s disease, mouth/tongue/lip cancer, nervous system cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreas cancer, soft tissue cancer, stomach cancer, testicular cancer, and other non-specified cancer