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Table 1 Prevalence of medical and lifestyle variables and psychosocial stressors by alcohol consumption in men and women, adjusted for age and survey (n = 11,282 after exclusion of diseased participants at baseline)

From: Are psychosocial stressors associated with the relationship of alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality?

 

Alcohol consumption (g/day)

 

Men

Women

 

(n = 5,540)

(n = 5,742)

 

0

> 0 – 39.9

≥ 40

p-value*

0

> 0 – 19.9

≥ 20

p-value*

 

(n = 850)

(n = 2,833)

(n = 1,857)

 

(n = 2,401)

(n = 2,230)

(n = 1,111)

 

Regular smoking [%]

34.4

28.0

40.7

<0.0001

20.0

22.2

26.8

<0.0001

Physically inactive [%]

56.6

51.5

56.1

0.0015

65.5

57.6

54.7

<0.0001

Obesity [%]

19.6

16.8

16.8

0.1222

23.6

16.2

12.1

<0.0001

Actual hypertension [%]

39.9

39.3

46.5

<0.0001

30.0

27.5

29.9

<0.0838

Dyslipidemia [%]

52.9

44.3

35.6

<0.0001

18.8

15.1

10.5

<0.0001

Low educational level [%]

76.3

71.4

78.2

<0.0001

85.5

82.8

77.6

<0.0001

Not employed [%]

28.7

25.6

19.8

<0.0001

55.6

51.7

47.7

<0.0001

Low social network1 [%]

53.8

48.2

45.6

0.0004

58.1

51.7

54.4

<0.0001

Living alone [%]

20.3

16.7

17.6

0.0457

23.9

23.2

24.7

0.5620

High job strain [%]

21.8

22.6

24.2

0.3049

16.9

18.0

17.7

0.5996

Low self-perceived health [%]

20.9

16.1

15.7

0.0016

26.9

20.5

18.9

<0.0001

Depressed mood1 [%]

34.9

35.4

33.1

0.2693

34.8

33.5

36.7

0.2069

High level of somatic compl.1 [%]

32.9

34.4

37.1

0.0570

34.2

29.5

30.3

<0.0018

  1. *Wald χ2-Test.
  2. 1missings 5- < 10%.