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Table 1 Baseline (1996) demographic, health, and drinking characteristics in overall sample and by drinking group

From: History of drinking problems diminishes the protective effects of within-guideline drinking on 18-year risk of dementia and CIND

 

Overall sample

Non-drinkers

(n = 2052)

Within-guideline drinkers

(n = 2113)

Outside-guideline drinkers

(n = 247)

  
 

No HDP

Yes HDP

No HDP

Yes HDP

No HDP

Yes HDP

F/X2

p-value

Demographic Characteristics

 Age (M)

59.5

59.6

59.3

59.5

59.4

59.5

59.3

1.01

.410

 Sex (% female)

59.0

73.0

38.0

57.0

30.0

63.0

40.0

84.4

.000

 Race (% white)

81.9

77.2

72.7

87.6

82.0

89.2

88.3

18.0

.000

 Education (M, yrs)

12.5

11.7

11.5

13.2

12.9

12.8

12.8

49.2

.000

 Income (in thousands)

108.1

75.9

81.1

133.9

142.7

148.0

120.2

31.2

.000

Health Characteristics

 Smoking

15.2

12.8

17.7

13.7

20.4

27.4

31.0

12.54

.000

 Medical conditions

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.0

12.4

.000

 BMI

27.3

27.8

28.1

26.9

27.2

26.4

26.6

9.48

.000

 Depressive symptoms

0.9

1.1

1.3

0.7

0.9

0.8

1.0

12.7

.000

Drinking Characteristics

 N of drinking problems (M)

0.4

0.0

2.2

0.0

1.6

0.0

1.7

4776.1

.000

 N of drinks (per occasion) (M)

1.7

0.0

0.0

1.3

1.6

3.3

4.3

424.2

.000

 N of drinks (total per week) (M)

4.8

0.0

0.0

2.4

4.4

17.1

24.2

756.7

.000

  1. Note: HDP History of Drinking Problems, M mean, % percentage