Risk characteristics at baseline for women by alcohol consumption category (including prevalent cases)
| Woman (N = 25 808) | Alcohol consumption | p Value | |||||||||
| Never-drinkers | Former drinkers | Low (<5 g/day) | Moderate (5–30 g/day) | High (>30 g/day) | |||||||
| Age at recruitment (years), mean (SD) | 49.13 | (8.54) | 50.69 | (8.31) | 47.86 | (8.25) | 47.41 | (8.11) | 47.15 | (7.86) | <0.001 |
| Height (cm), mean (SD) | 156.19 | (5.89) | 156.52 | (5.73) | 156.82 | (5.75) | 157.48 | (5.80) | 157.81 | (5.98) | <0.001 |
| Weight (kg), mean (SD) | 70.20 | (11.90) | 69.41 | (11.29) | 69.24 | (11.36) | 67.10 | (10.45) | 67.90 | (10.31) | <0.001 |
| Waist/hip ratio, mean (SD) | 0.82 | (0.06) | 0.82 | (0.06) | 0.82 | (0.06) | 0.82 | (0.06) | 0.83 | (0.061) | 0.004 |
| Energy intake (kcal/day), mean (SD) | 1753.59 | (525.79) | 1847.13 | (521.30) | 1994.42 | (580.48) | 2139.52 | (581.12) | 2413.65 | (619.22) | <0.001 |
| Tobacco status (%) | |||||||||||
| Never-smoker | 76.9 | 71.8 | 72.5 | 62.7 | 56.3 | <0.001 | |||||
| Former smoker | 7.7 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 12.3 | 11.7 | ||||||
| Smoker | 15.4 | 16.8 | 17.4 | 25.0 | 32.0 | ||||||
| Total physical activity index (%) | |||||||||||
| Inactive | 3.8 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 8.4 | <0.001 | |||||
| Moderately inactive | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 17.8 | 18.7 | ||||||
| Moderately active | 76.0 | 73.0 | 72.0 | 67.0 | 64.7 | ||||||
| Active | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 8.2 | ||||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) (%) | |||||||||||
| Underweight | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | <0.001 | |||||
| Normal weight | 22.2 | 23.3 | 26.3 | 33.4 | 30.3 | ||||||
| Overweight | 40.3 | 45.4 | 41.7 | 43.5 | 44.9 | ||||||
| Obese | 36.6 | 30.7 | 31.2 | 21.9 | 23.5 | ||||||
| Educational level (%) | |||||||||||
| None | 40.3 | 37.3 | 36.9 | 31.3 | 25.1 | <0.001 | |||||
| Primary | 42.3 | 43.5 | 40.2 | 42.2 | 46.6 | ||||||
| Technical | 4.7 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 9.5 | ||||||
| Secondary | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 7.9 | ||||||
| University degree | 7.4 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 13.3 | 10.9 | ||||||
| Diabetes (%) | |||||||||||
| Yes | 5.6 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | <0.001 | |||||
| High blood pressure (%) | |||||||||||
| Yes | 21.8 | 25.5 | 19.9 | 14.3 | 15.2 | <0.001 | |||||
| Hyperlipidaemia (%) | |||||||||||
| Yes | 17.1 | 22.0 | 15.8 | 15.0 | 16.7 | <0.001 | |||||
| Vitamin E (mg/day) mean (SD) | 8.7 | (5.2) | 9.6 | (5.6) | 9.7 | (5.8) | 10.2 | (6.0) | 10.9 | (6.8) | <0.001 |
| B01/B02 (antithrombotic and antihaemorrhagic) (%) | |||||||||||
| Yes | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.03 | |||||
| C01–C10 (cardiovascular) (%) | |||||||||||
| Yes | 13.6 | 16.0 | 12.1 | 7.7 | 6.8 | <0.001 | |||||
| N02BA (aspirin) (%) | |||||||||||
| Yes | 3.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | <0.001 | |||||
| Hormone replacement therapy (%) | |||||||||||
| Yes | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 0.399 | |||||