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Table 1 Prevalence (%) of drinking and driving in the SUN cohort

From: Self-reported drinking and driving amongst educated adults in Spain: The "Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra" (SUN) cohort findings

 

Men (N = 6,588)

Women (N = 9,613)

 

Sometimes

(N = 2,220)

Sometimes + almost never

(N = 4,229)

Sometimes

(N = 2,471)

Sometimes + almost never

(N = 3,441)

Overall

33.7 c

64.2 c

25.7

35.8

Age group

    

<25

21.5c

31.6 c

13.0

16.7

25–<30

31.7b

52.7 c

26.8

35.4

30–<35

37.7c

67.5 c

30.2

42.0

35–<40

40.3c

71.0 c

32.2

45.4

40–<45

35.6c

69.5 c

32.8

44.8

45–<50

33.7b

69.1 c

26.8

38.0

>= 50

31.8c

67.3 c

19.1

31.5

Marital status

    

Single

31.3

54.6

23.8

33.8

Married

35.2

69.0

27.6

37.1

Widowed

31.0

65.5

17.3

28.2

Divorced/others

31.4

74.6

33.1

51.8

p (chi square)

0.01

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Health-related profession

    

Medical Doctor

34.6

67.6

29.6

42.2

Nurse

40.7

75.4

28.1

38.8

Not health-related

33.2

62.8

23.9

33.1

p (chi square)

0.06

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Smoking (cig/d)

    

Never smokers

32.9

57.2

22.3

30.0

<15

33.8

67.4

26.3

37.1

>= 15

32.6

66.0

29.4

42.8

Ex-smokers (>1 yr)

35.0

72.0

31.6

45.1

p (chi square)

0.38

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

    

<25

32.9

59.1

26.1

36.1

>= 25

34.4

68.7

23.6

33.9

p (chi square)

0.17

<0.001

0.05

0.09

Average km driven/year

    

<1,000

14.2

25.0

17.2

22.0

1,000–10,000

32.1

53.0

23.0

31.5

10,001–20,000

35.1

67.6

29.8

41.7

20,001–50,000

35.7

72.1

31.9

46.7

>50,000

34.8

70.2

30.4

45.3

p for trend

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Use of seat belts

    

Always

34.0

63.5

25.6

34.8

Not always

33.9

71.3

28.1

43.5

Never/Almost never

29.0

72.6

27.0

44.6

p for trend

0.44

<0.001

0.09

<0.001

Mean alcohol intake (g/d) according to FFQ

    

0

17.6

25.7

11.9

15.4

<= 10

37.5

62.9

30.2

41.0

10–20

37.7

76.6

38.8

59.4

>20

28.4

80.9

29.4

62.1

p for trend

0.06

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Drinking pattern (days/wk)

    

None or almost never

25.8

34.5

17.9

22.7

1–5

38.5

70.5

33.6

46.9

6–7

31.5

79.4

31.1

56.5

p for trend

0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Binge Drinking (drinks/session)

    

<= 5

32.0

58.5

23.8

32.5

>5 (some occasions)

36.3

72.8

32.3

47.3

p (chi square)

0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

History of traffic injury

    

No

33.9

64.1

25.2

35.3

Yes

31.5

65.8

36.4

47.1

p (chi square)

0.32

0.48

<0.001

<0.001

  1. FFQ: food frequency questionnaire
  2. Fisher 2-tails test: ap < 0.001; bp < 0.01; cp < 0.001 for the comparison between men and women.