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Table 2 Adjusted† associations of alcohol use with death from ischemic heart disease (ICD-9 410–414) in different analytic strategies for Chinese men and women aged 60 years and over from Hong Kong in 1998

From: Alcohol and cardio-respiratory deaths in Chinese: a population-based case-control study of 32,462 older Hong Kong adults

   

Alcohol use, 10 years previously

   

Never

Occasional

Moderate

High

Ex-drinker

Analytic strategy

Control group

Stratification

 

<1/week

At least weekly, and ≤ 13.7 g (women) or ≤ 27.4 g (men) of ethanol/occasion

At least weekly, and >13.7 g (women) or >27.4 g (men) of ethanol/occasion

  
    

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Living control

All living controls

Men

1

0.58

0.47 to 0.72

0.51

0.41 to 0.62

0.63

0.47 to 0.84

1.30

1.03 to 1.64

  

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667/1552

 

132/521

 

144/688

 

77/256

 

154/257

  

Women

1

1.04

0.77 to 1.40

0.58

0.34 to 1.00

0.43

0.20 to 0.89

1.82

1.16 to 2.84

  

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968/6222

 

67/454

 

18/160

 

9/113

 

34/97

  

Ever-smoker

1

0.64

0.51 to 0.81

0.50

0.39 to 0.63

0.63

0.47 to 0.83

1.35

1.06 to 1.71

  

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502/1398

 

124/509

 

114/571

 

75/276

 

149/251

  

Never-smoker

1

0.84

0.64 to 1.11

0.73

0.52 to 1.04

0.58

0.30 to 1.14

1.47

0.97 to 2.23

  

#cases controls

1133/6376

 

75/466

 

48/277

 

11/92

 

39/103

Dead control*

All non-vascular, non-respiratory deaths and non-alcohol related deaths*

Men

1

0.75

0.61 to 0.93

0.66

0.54 to 0.81

0.56

0.43 to 0.73

0.95

0.77 to 1.17

  

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667/2249

 

132/623

 

144/841

 

77/581

 

154/585

  

Women

1

1.14

0.85 to 1.52

0.93

0.55 to 1.57

0.48

0.24 to 0.97

1.01

0.68 to 1.50

  

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968/3650

 

67/236

 

18/82

 

9/74

 

34/122

  

Ever-smoker

1

0.75

0.60 to 0.93

0.58

0.46 to 0.73

0.53

0.41 to 0.69

0.89

0.72 to 1.10

  

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502/1890

 

124/604

 

114/761

 

75/583

 

149/600

  

Never-smoker

1

1.05

0.80 to 1.38

1.07

0.76 to 1.50

0.51

0.27 to 0.98

1.17

0.80 to 1.71

  

#cases/controls

1133/4009

 

75/255

 

48/162

 

11/72

 

39/107

  1. †All models adjusted for age, sex, education, physical activity, physical activity in longest held occupation and smoking, except in cases where stratified results are presented for a co-variable, or co-variables.
  2. * excludes deaths coded as ICD-9 11, 18, 140, 141, 143–146, 148, 149, 150, 155, 161, 174, 390–519, 571