Table 1 Characteristics of participants by alcohol trajectories in Whitehall II and NSHD
| Â | Â | Alcohol trajectories over previous 20Â years | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Stable none (n, %) | Stable moderate drinker (n, %) | Stable heavy drinker (n, %) | Mostly moderate (n, %) | Mostly heavy (n, %) | Former drinker (n, %) | Â |
Whitehall II Total | 216 (5.3) | 1615 (39.8) | 274 (6.8) | 1010 (24.9) | 536 (13.2) | 409 (10.1) | 4060 (100) |
Mean age, years (SD) | 61.6 (6.3) | 61.4 (5.9) | 60.0 (5.4) | 60.8 (5.8) | 60.7 (5.79) | 61.5 (6.0) | 61.1 (5.9) |
Median cIMT, mm (IQR) | 0.78 (0.70–0.90) | 0.77 (0.68–0.87) | 0.77 (0.70–0.88) | 0.77 (0.68–0.87) | 0.87 (0.70–0.90 | 0.78 (0.70–0.87) | 0.77 (0.68–0.87) |
Male | 96 (44.4) | 1234 (76.4) | 233 (85) | 703 (69.6) | 437 (81.5) | 211 (51.6) | 2914 (71.8) |
Female | 120 (55.5) | 381 (23.6) | 41 (15) | 307 (30.4) | 99 (18.5) | 198 (48.4) | 1146 (28.2) |
Smoking: Never | 155 (72.1) | 883 (54.8) | 87 (31.8) | 501 (50.9) | 198 (37.1) | 210 (51.6) | 2043 (50.6) |
Ex-smoker | 47 (21.9) | 646 (40.1) | 145 (52.9) | 429 (42.9) | 294 (55.2) | 159 (39.1) | 1720 (42.6) |
Current 1–10 cpd | 8 (3.7) | 46 (2.9) | 14 (5.1) | 21 (2.1) | 16 (3.0) | 21 (5.2) | 126 (3.1) |
Current 11+ cpd | 5 (2.3) | 35 (2.2) | 28 (10.2) | 41 (4.1) | 25 (4.7) | 17 (4.2) | 151 (3.7) |
SEP: High | 35 (16.2) | 858 (53.1) | 159 (58.0) | 441 (43.7) | 302 (56.3) | 93 (22.7) | 1881 (46.3) |
Intermediate | 107 (49.5) | 648 (40.1) | 111 (40.5) | 473 (46.8) | 215 (40.1) | 210 (51.3) | 1768 (43.5) |
Low | 74 (34.3) | 109 (6.7) | 4 (1.5) | 96 (9.5) | 19 (3.5) | 106 (25.9) | 411 (10.1) |
White | 132 (61.1) | 1516 (93.9) | 270 (98.5) | 934 (92.5) | 522 (97.4) | 340 (83.1) | 3715 (91.5) |
Non-white | 84 (38.9) | 99 (6.1) | 4 (1.5) | 76 (7.5) | 14 (2.6) | 69 (16.9) | 342 (8.5) |
NSHD Total | 62 (4.5) | 478 (34.4) | 49 (3.5) | 436 (31.3) | 181 (13.0) | 185 (13.3) | 1391 (100) |
Mean age, years (SD) | 63.2 (1.03) | 63.3 (1.12) | 63.2 (1.17) | 63.2 (1.16) | 63.2 (1.20) | 63.4 (0.99) | 63.3 (1.12) |
Median cIMT, mm (IQR) | 0.63 (0.57–0.76) | 0.66 (0.60–0.75) | 0.68 (0.62–0.80) | 0.67 (0.59–0.75) | 0.67 (0.59–0.77) | 0.68 (0.61–0.76) | 0.67 (0.60–0.76) |
Male | 16 (25.8) | 230 (48.1) | 43 (87.8) | 207 (47.5) | 112 (61.9) | 65 (35.1) | 673 (48.4) |
Female | 46 (74.2) | 248 (51.9) | 6 (12.2) | 229 (52.5) | 69 (38.1) | 120 (64.9) | 718 (51.6) |
Smoking: Never | 31 (55.4) | 180 (40.2) | 4 (9.3) | 129 (31.8) | 38 (22.4) | 59 (34.9) | 441 (34.1) |
Ex-smoker | 19 (33.9) | 242 (54.0) | 33 (76.7) | 248 (61.1) | 106 (62.4) | 92 (54.4) | 740 (57.3) |
Current 1–10 cpd | 5 (8.9) | 11 (2.5) | 1 (2.3) | 8 (2.0) | 9 (5.3) | 6 (3.6) | 40 (3.1) |
Current 11+ cpd | 1 (1.8) | 15 (3.3) | 5 (11.6) | 21 (5.2) | 17 (10.0) | 12 (7.1) | 71 (5.5) |
SEP: High | 20 (36.4) | 263 (59.2) | 26 (57.8) | 227 (56.8) | 104 (61.9) | 73 (44.5) | 713 (55.9) |
Intermediate | 21 (38.2) | 158 (35.6) | 14 (31.1) | 131 (32.8) | 52 (31.0) | 70 (42.7) | 446 (35.0) |
Low | 55 (25.5) | 23 (5.2) | 5 (11.1) | 42 (10.5) | 12 (7.1) | 21 (12.8) | 117 (9.2) |