Table 2.
Changes of alcohol drinking behaviour between the baseline and follow-up
| Phase | Alcohol drinking | Excessive alcohol drinking | ADAI, g/day (mean±SD) | ||||||
| Male n (%) | Female n (%) | All n (%) | Male n (%) | Female n (%) | All n (%) | Male | Female | All | |
| Baseline | 1832 (53.5) | 506 (12.9) | 2338 (31.8) | 650 (36.2) | 71 (14.5) | 721 (31.6) | 28.2±39.8 | 7.6±15.7 | 23.8±37.1 |
| Follow-up | 1776 (51.9) | 604 (15.4) | 2380 (32.4) | 547 (32.0) | 98 (17.5) | 645 (28.4) | 28.0±68.5 | 9.1±21.7 | 23.2±60.9 |
| Change | −1.6 | 2.5 | 0.6 | −4.2 | 3.0 | −3.2 | −0.2 | 1.5 | −0.6 |
| χ2 or t value | 1.838 | 10.079 | 0.551 | 6.946 | 1.787 | 5.301 | 0.143 | −1.342 | 0.414 |
| P value | 0.175 | 0.001 | 0.458 | 0.008 | 0.181 | 0.021 | 0.886 | 0.186 | 0.679 |
ADAI, average daily alcohol intake.