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Table 2 Descriptive results: overall sample

From: Association of longitudinal alcohol consumption trajectories with coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of six cohort studies using individual participant data

Variable

Level

Drinker type

Overall

Consistent non-drinker

Former drinker

Consistently moderate drinker

Inconsistently moderate drinker

Consistently heavy drinker

Inconsistently heavy drinker

Unknown

Record count, N

 

2142

4080

11,410

5636

2565

2577

6722

35,132

Age, Mean (SD)

 

58.9 (8.1)

61.9 (9.1)

59.7 (8.1)

57.1 (6.4)

58.0 (5.7)

57.9 (6.6)

58.6 (7.3)

59.1 (7.7)

Sex, N (%)

Male

807 (37.7)

1831 (44.9)

7249 (63.5)

3599 (63.9)

2216 (86.4)

1979 (76.8)

4140 (61.6)

21,821 (62.1)

Female

1335 (62.3)

2249 (55.1)

4161 (36.5)

2037 (36.1)

349 (13.6)

598 (23.2)

2582 (38.4)

13,311 (37.9)

Smoker, N (%)

No

1351 (63.1)

2383 (58.4)

6933 (60.8)

3124 (55.4)

1218 (47.5)

1234 (47.9)

2280 (33.9)

18,523 (52.7)

Current smoker

321 (15.0)

494 (12.1)

1008 (8.8)

764 (13.6)

540 (21.1)

473 (18.4)

1022 (15.2)

4622 (13.2)

Ex-smoker

407 (19.0)

1129 (27.7)

3322 (29.1)

1630 (28.9)

759 (29.6)

825 (32.0)

1335 (19.9)

9407 (26.8)

Unknown

63 (2.9)

74 (1.8)

147 (1.3)

118 (2.1)

48 (1.9)

45 (1.7)

2085 (31.0)

2580 (7.3)

Socioeconomic position, N (%)

High

510 (23.8)

1353 (33.2)

5454 (47.8)

2279 (40.4)

1178 (45.9)

1198 (46.5)

2400 (35.7)

14,372 (40.9)

Intermediate

1104 (51.5)

1953 (47.9)

4924 (43.2)

2708 (48.0)

1184 (46.2)

1158 (44.9)

3005 (44.7)

16,036 (45.6)

Low

512 (23.9)

733 (18.0)

980 (8.6)

612 (10.9)

190 (7.4)

207 (8.0)

1263 (18.8)

4497 (12.8)

Unknown

16 (0.7)

41 (1.0)

52 (0.5)

37 (0.7)

13 (0.5)

14 (0.5)

54 (0.8)

227 (0.6)

BMI, mean (SD)

26.2 (4.9)

26.3 (4.4)

25.6 (3.5)

26.0 (3.9)

26.1 (3.3)

26.2 (3.7)

26.5 (4.1)

26 (3.9)

High blood pressure, N (%)

No

1498 (69.9)

2784 (68.2)

8409 (73.7)

4010 (71.1)

1790 (69.8)

1759 (68.3)

3376 (50.2)

23,626 (67.2)

Yes

641 (29.9)

1292 (31.7)

2990 (26.2)

1620 (28.7)

774 (30.2)

815 (31.6)

1551 (23.1)

9683 (27.6)

Unknown

3 (0.1)

4 (0.1)

11 (0.1)

6 (0.1)

1 (~ 0.0)

3 (0.1)

1795 (26.7)

1823 (5.2)

Intake interval, mean (SD)

11.4 (2.6)

11.8 (2.4)

11.4 (2.2)

11.2 (2.4)

10.7 (1.7)

11.1 (2.3)

12.6 (2.8)

11.5 (2.4)

CHD (all) during follow-up, N (%)

No

1803 (84.2)

3549 (87.0)

10,260 (89.9)

4775 (84.7)

2375 (92.6)

2229 (86.5)

4748 (70.6)

29,739 (84.6)

Yes

129 (6.0)

250 (6.1)

560 (4.9)

264 (4.7)

98 (3.8)

107 (4.2)

310 (4.6)

1718 (4.9)

Unknown

210 (9.8)

281 (6.9)

590 (5.2)

597 (10.6)

92 (3.6)

241 (9.4)

1664 (24.8)

3675 (10.5)

CHD (all) person years, mean (SD)

12.7 (4.5)

11.0 (4.7)

12.4 (4.4)

13.8 (3.7)

13.9 (3.4)

13.5 (3.8)

12.1 (4.5)

12.6 (4.3)

CHD (fatal) during follow-up, N (%)

No

2113 (98.6)

4031 (98.8)

11,328 (99.3)

5593 (99.2)

2549 (99.4)

2550 (99.0)

6630 (98.6)

34,794 (99.0)

Yes

27 (1.3)

49 (1.2)

78 (0.7)

40 (0.7)

15 (0.6)

25 (1.0)

91 (1.4)

325 (0.9)

Unknown

2 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

4 (~0.0)

3 (0.1)

1 (~ 0.0)

2 (0.1)

1 (~ 0.0)

13 (~ 0.0)

CHD (fatal) person years, mean (SD)

13.9 (4.2)

11.9 (4.6)

13.2 (4.3)

14.8 (3.2)

14.6 (3.1)

14.3 (3.5)

13.9 (4.0)

13.7 (4.1)

  1. BMI body mass index, kg/m2 kilogram per metre squared, CHD coronary heart disease, SD standard deviation, N count