Table 1 Characteristics of the participants by drinking status
Characteristic, n (%) | Total (n = 39,259) | Drinking status | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never drinker | Former drinker | Current drinker | |||
Total | 39,259 (100.00) | 30,347 (77.30) | 1832 (4.67) | 7080 (18.03) | < 0.001 |
Age (years, mean ± SD) | 55.60 ± 12.19 | 55.89 ± 12.17 | 60.61 ± 10.10 | 53.05 ± 12.20 | < 0.001 |
Sex | < 0.001 | ||||
 Men | 15,490 (39.46) | 7257 (46.85) | 1768 (11.41) | 6465 (41.74) |  |
 Women | 23,769 (60.54) | 23,090 (97.14) | 64 (0.27) | 615 (2.59) |  |
Marital status | < 0.001 | ||||
 Married/cohabiting | 35,243 (89.77) | 27,036 (76.71) | 1656 (4.70) | 6551 (18.59) |  |
 Unmarried/divorced/widowed | 4016 (10.23) | 3311 (82.45) | 176 (4.38) | 529 (13.17) |  |
Education levels | < 0.001 | ||||
 Primary school or illiteracy | 17,572 (44.76) | 14,848 (84.50) | 707 (4.02) | 2017 (11.48) |  |
 Junior high school | 15,643 (39.85) | 11,415 (72.97) | 807 (5.16) | 3421 (21.87) |  |
 High school or above | 6044 (15.40) | 4084 (67.57) | 318 (5.26) | 1642 (27.17) |  |
Income (RMB per month) | < 0.001 | ||||
  < 500 | 14,014 (35.70) | 11,136 (79.36) | 753 (5.37) | 2125 (15.16) |  |
 500~ | 12,907 (32.88) | 10,023 (77.66) | 576 (4.46) | 2308 (17.88) |  |
 1000~ | 12,338 (31.43) | 9188 (74.47) | 503 (4.08) | 2647 (21.45) |  |
Smoking | < 0.001 | ||||
 Never | 28,580 (72.80) | 26,235 (91.79) | 273 (0.96) | 2072 (7.25) |  |
 Former | 3192 (8.13) | 1184 (37.09) | 827 (25.91) | 1180 (37.00) |  |
 Current | 7487 (19.07) | 2928 (39.11) | 732 (9.78) | 3827 (51.12) |  |
Physical activity | < 0.001 | ||||
 Low | 12,715 (32.39) | 9646 (75.86) | 754 (5.93) | 2315 (18.21) |  |
 Moderate | 14,805 (37.71) | 12,315 (83.18) | 513 (3.47) | 1977 (13.35) |  |
 High | 11,739 (29.90) | 8386 (71.44) | 565 (4.81) | 2788 (23.75) |  |
BMI | < 0.001 | ||||
 Underweight | 952 (2.43) | 787 (82.67) | 51 (5.36) | 114 (11.97) |  |
 Normal | 15,749 (40.25) | 12,209 (77.52) | 808 (4.54) | 2732 (18.58) |  |
 Overweight | 15,479 (39.56) | 11,901 (76.88) | 702 (38.57) | 2876 (40.73) |  |
 Obesity | 6951 (17.76) | 5353 (77.01) | 259 (3.73) | 1339 (19.26) |  |
SBP (mmHg, mean ± SD) | 125.96 ± 19.99 | 125.74 ± 20.41 | 127.51 ± 19.44 | 126.49 ± 18.20 | < 0.001 |
DBP (mmHg, mean ± SD) | 77.70 ± 11.64 | 77.10 ± 11.44 | 78.07 ± 11.86 | 80.14 ± 12.12 | < 0.001 |
TC (mmol/L, mean ± SD) | 4.76 ± 0.99 | 4.78 ± 0.99 | 4.57 ± 0.97 | 4.70 ± 0.97 | < 0.001 |
FPG (mmol/L, mean ± SD) | 5.54 ± 1.51 | 5.54 ± 1.51 | 5.64 ± 1.63 | 5.52 ± 1.47 | 0.013 |
T2DM (yes) | 3708 (1000)) | 2924 (78.86) | 239 (6.45) | 545 (14.70) | < 0.001 |