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Table 3 Adjusted† associations of alcohol use with mortality from COPD (ICD-9 416-7, 491-2, 496) 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

0.48

0.38 to 0.62

0.46

0.37 to 0.57

0.66

0.50 to 0.86

0.92

0.72 to 1.19

  

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514/1552

 

99/521

 

139/688

 

102/256

 

131/257

  

Women

1

0.64

0.41 to 0.99

0.74

0.39 to 1.40

0.49

0.23 to 1.04

2.08

1.22 to 3.56

  

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374/6222

 

30/454

 

14/160

 

10/113

 

28/97

  

Ever-smoker

1

0.57

0.46 to 0.72

0.52

0.41 to 0.65

0.66

0.51 to 0.86

1.08

0.84 to 1.38

  

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602/1398

 

121/509

 

143/571

 

107/276

 

151/251

  

Never-smoker

1

0.27

0.13 to 0.57

0.43

0.22 to 0.86

1.03

0.40 to 2.66

0.96

0.44 to 2.09

  

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286/6376

 

8/466

 

10/277

 

5/92

 

8/103

Dead control *

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

Men

1

0.59

0.46 to 0.75

0.58

0.47 to 0.72

0.58

0.46 to 0.74

0.67

0.53 to 0.83

  

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514/2249

 

99/623

 

139/841

 

102/581

 

131/585

  

Women

1

0.79

0.52 to 1.20

0.88

0.48 to 1.61

0.63

0.31 to 1.25

1.05

0.67 to 1.65

  

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374/3650

 

30/236

 

14/82

 

10/74

 

28/122

  

Ever-smoker

1

0.67

0.54 to 0.84

0.62

0.51 to 0.77

0.60

0.47 to 0.75

0.73

0.59 to 0.90

  

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602/1890

 

121/604

 

143/761

 

107/583

 

151/600

  

Never-smoker

1

0.38

0.18 to 0.78

0.67

0.34 to 1.30

0.68

0.27 to 1.72

0.74

0.35 to 1.56

  

#cases/controls

286/4009

 

8/255

 

10/162

 

5/72

 

8/107

  1. †All models were 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