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Table 2 SF-36 vitality scores at baseline by alcohol consumption at baseline

From: Prospective associations between alcohol consumption and psychological well-being in midlife

  

SF-36 vitality score at baseline

 

N

Mean (SD)

p-value a

Men

3178

67.3 (19.0)

 

Weekly units of alcohol consumed

  

< 0.001

 0 units

167

59.1 (21.9)

 

 1-14 units

1520

68.8 (18.3)

 

 15-21 units

575

69.1 (17.8)

 

 ≥ 22 units

818

65.3 (19.6)

 

Binge drinking past 30 days b

  

0.002

 < once per month

674

67.2 (20.5)

 

 1-3 times per month

1050

69.8 (17.5)

 

 ≥ once per week

826

67.1 (18.5)

 

Women

741

61.4 (19.5)

 

Weekly units of alcohol consumed

  

0.004

 0 units

93

55.4 (22.6)

 

 1-14 units

498

62.3 (18.8)

 

 15-21 units

68

65.8 (18.4)

 

 ≥ 22 units

53

60.4 (19.1)

 
  1. 1 unit corresponds to 12 g of pure alcohol
  2. a one-way ANOVA
  3. b Only including men from the Metropolit 1953 Danish male birth cohort (N = 2623) as information on binge drinking was not available in the Danish Longitudinal Study on Work, Unemployment and Health cohort