Table 4. Birthdate-adjusted analyses of differences in comorbidity index and prevalence of hospital admission diagnoses (registry data) among six adult-life trajectories of alcohol consumption.

	Full sample n = 2510 men	Abstaining n = 76	Moderate n = 1635	High-risk n = 119	Increasing n = 274	Decreasing n = 320	Fluctuating n = 86	P-valuea
Registry Data (binary)
Charlson Comorbidity Index (count)	0.87 (1.62)	1.07	0.73	1.58**	0.83	1.23***	1.33**	<0.001
Alcohol-related disorders	8.17%	0.03	0.04	0.26***	0.07*	0.25***	0.15**	<0.001
Substance abuse	2.11%	0.05	0.01	0.03	0.02	0.07***	0.02	<0.001
Psychotic disorders	4.70%	0.10*	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.08**	0.10*	0.001
Mood disorders	10.04%	0.15	0.08	0.17*	0.09	0.15**	0.12	0.003
Neurosis/Anxiety disorders	6.45%	0.16**	0.05	0.09	0.08	0.09**	0.11	0.002
Adjustment disorders	12.43%	0.24**	0.10	0.17*	0.11	0.17**	0.22*	<0.001
Personality disorders	8.76%	0.20**	0.06	0.14*	0.10*	0.17***	0.11	<0.001

^a P-value for overall test of differences among the six trajectories

* P < 0.05

** P < 0.01

*** P < 0.001