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. 2023 Jan 5;15(2):371–395. doi: 10.18632/aging.204467

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.