Table 2. Analysis results for the association between cumulative alcohol consumption and EAA at examination years 15 and 20.
| Year 15 | Year 20 | GEE | ||||
| β [95% CI] | P | β [95% CI] | P | β [95% CI] | P | |
| Beer Years | ||||||
| IEAA | –0.04 [–0.17, 0.09] | 0.526 | –0.08 [–0.19, 0.02] | 0.129 | –0.07 [–0.17, 0.04] | 0.216 |
| EEAA | 0.01 [–0.15, 0.16] | 0.909 | –0.03 [–0.15, 0.09] | 0.600 | –0.02 [–0.13, 0.09] | 0.758 |
| PAA | 0.11 [–0.07, 0.29] | 0.241 | 0.05 [–0.10, 0.19] | 0.516 | 0.07 [–0.05, 0.19] | 0.275 |
| GAA | 0.12 [0.01, 0.22] | 0.035 | 0.15 [0.06, 0.24] | 0.001 | 0.13 [–0.01, 0.27] | 0.075 |
| Liquor Years | ||||||
| IEAA | 0.12 [–0.13, 0.38] | 0.344 | –0.11 [–0.32, 0.10] | 0.306 | –0.02 [–0.22, 0.18] | 0.832 |
| EEAA | –0.13 [–0.44, 0.17] | 0.396 | –0.08 [–0.30, 0.15] | 0.512 | –0.11 [–0.29, 0.07] | 0.247 |
| PAA | 0.19 [–0.16, 0.55] | 0.291 | 0.13 [–0.15, 0.41] | 0.372 | 0.14 [–0.13, 0.41] | 0.313 |
| GAA | 0.32 [0.11, 0.54] | 0.003 | 0.33 [0.16, 0.50] | <0.001 | 0.31 [0.11, 0.51] | 0.002 |
| Wine Years | ||||||
| IEAA | 0.17 [–0.13, 0.48] | 0.265 | 0.03 [–0.19, 0.24] | 0.813 | 0.08 [–0.08, 0.23] | 0.328 |
| EEAA | –0.01 [–0.38, 0.35] | 0.952 | –0.06 [–0.29, 0.17] | 0.610 | –0.05 [–0.26, 0.16] | 0.645 |
| PAA | 0.18 [–0.24, 0.61] | 0.405 | 0.02 [–0.27, 0.31] | 0.892 | 0.07 [–0.22, 0.35] | 0.649 |
| GAA | 0.08 [–0.18, 0.33] | 0.546 | 0.11 [–0.07, 0.28] | 0.228 | 0.09 [–0.11, 0.30] | 0.359 |
| Total Alcohol Years | ||||||
| IEAA | 0.01 [–0.08, 0.10] | 0.820 | –0.05 [–0.12, 0.02] | 0.182 | –0.03 [–0.10, 0.04] | 0.436 |
| EEAA | –0.01 [–0.13, 0.10] | 0.806 | –0.03 [–0.11, 0.05] | 0.438 | –0.03 [–0.10, 0.05] | 0.455 |
| PAA | 0.10 [–0.03, 0.23] | 0.138 | 0.04 [–0.06, 0.14] | 0.414 | 0.06 [–0.03, 0.15] | 0.202 |
| GAA | 0.11 [0.03, 0.19] | 0.005 | 0.13 [0.07, 0.19] | <0.001 | 0.12 [0.02, 0.21] | 0.013 |
Results are adjusted for chronological age, sex, race, center, education, pack years of smoking, BMI, and physical activity. Beta coefficients represent the gain in EAA for each additional 5 alcohol years. Abbreviations: IEAA: intrinsic epigenetic age acceleration; EEAA: extrinsic epigenetic age acceleration; PAA: PhenoAge acceleration; GAA: GrimAge acceleration.