Table 2. Drinking characteristics by problem drinking status in male current regular drinkers.
| Low-risk drinkers (n=25958) |
High-risk drinkers (n=27254) |
Problem drinkers with 1 indicator (n=13271) |
Problem drinkers with 2+ indicators (n=3421) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drinking characteristics | |||||
| Drank alcohol on the day of survey, % | 10.7 | 17.5 | 28.5 | 33.7 | <0.001 |
| Daily drinking, % | 35.9 | 74.5 | 76.8 | 83.7 | <0.001 |
| Age started regular drinking, mean (SD) | 30.8 (12.2) | 27.5 (9.5) | 27.5 (10.7) | 26.1 (9.4) | <0.001 |
| Drinking with meals, % | 87.0 | 86.4 | 85.0 | 83.5 | <0.001 |
| Flushing response*, % | 25.5 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 13.8 | <0.001 |
| Typical drinking week | |||||
| Mean weekly consumption, g/week (SD) | 109.2 (56.5) | 378.4 (209.1) | 383.4 (277.6) | 506.5 (344.4) | <0.001 |
| Heavy episodic drinking (HED), % | 0.0 | 60.8 | 48.4 | 61.0 | <0.001 |
| Heavy drinking (200+g/week), % | 0.0 | 88.0 | 69.8 | 80.7 | <0.001 |
| HED and heavy drinking, % | 0.0 | 48.8 | 45.3 | 58.4 | <0.001 |
| Beverage types consumed, % | <0.001 | ||||
| Strong spirit (≥40% alcohol) only | 34.8 | 56.4 | 51.8 | 55.7 | |
| Weak spirit (<40% alcohol) only | 21.1 | 24.1 | 24.0 | 23.8 | |
| Beer only | 27.2 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 10.6 | |
| Rice wine or grape wine only | 16.8 | 7.1 | 11.5 | 9.9 | |
| Special occasion | |||||
| Mean consumption per session, g/session (SD) | 106.4 (86.3) | 169.2 (111.0) | 168.3 (112.0) | 203.5 (134.4) | <0.001 |
| HED on special drinking occasion, % | 69.4 | 93.5 | 89.2 | 94.2 | <0.001 |
| Last time drinking | |||||
| Mean consumption per session, g/session (SD) | 32.0 (26.7) | 61.0 (41.8) | 57.6 (40.1) | 67.0 (47.5) | <0.001 |
| HED on the last drinking day, % | 11.4 | 41.3 | 38.4 | 46.0 | <0.001 |
SD, standard deviation; HED, heavy episodic drinking.
Prevalences and means are adjusted for age group and region
p-values were calculated using a chi-squared test for association between problem drinking and drinking characteristics.
Low-risk drinkers were current regular drinkers who drank <200g/week, with no HED in a typical drinking week or problem drinking indicator reported; high-risk drinkers were current regular drinkers who either drank at least 200g/week or engaged in HED in a typical drinking week, but with no problem drinking indicator reported; problem drinkers were current regular drinkers who reported at least one problem drinking indicator, and were further classified into “1 problem drinking indicator” and “2+ problem drinking indicators” according to the number of problem drinking indicators reported.
Experiencing hot flushes or dizziness soon after first mouthful or after drinking small amount of alcohol.