Mortality in 654 men with diagnosed coronary heart disease by alcohol group
| TT (43) | 95% CI | Ex (59) | 95% CI | Stable occ (112) | New occ (87) | 95% CI | New reg (37) | 95% CI | Reg (316) | 95% CI | |
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| Relative risk adjusted for age, social class, smoking, BMI, physical activity, employment status, pre-existing stroke, diabetes, regular drug treatment, and self assessed health status. | |||||||||||
| CHD, coronary heart disease; CI, confidence interval; CVD, cardiovascular disease; ex, ex-drinker; occ, occasional drinker; p-y, person-years; reg, regular drinker; RR, relative risk; TT, teetotaller. | |||||||||||
| CHD mortality | |||||||||||
| Cases | 17 | 22 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 106 | |||||
| Rate/1000 p-y | 34.0 | 37.1 | 22.8 | 26.0 | 29.6 | 28.3 | |||||
| Adjusted RR | 1.71 | 0.92 to 3.15 | 1.56 | 0.89 to 2.73 | 1.00 | 1.05 | 0.62 to 1.79 | 1.19 | 0.60 to 2.34 | 1.33 | 0.88 to 2.00 |
| CVD mortality | |||||||||||
| Cases | 21 | 26 | 38 | 33 | 16 | 129 | |||||
| Rate/1000 p-y | 42.0 | 43.8 | 27.9 | 31.8 | 39.4 | 34.4 | |||||
| Adjusted RR | 1.62 | 0.93 to 2.82 | 1.49 | 0.89 to 2.49 | 1.00 | 1.07 | 0.66 to 1.74 | 1.30 | 0.72 to 2.37 | 1.33 | 0.92 to 1.93 |
| Total mortality | |||||||||||
| Cases | 28 | 39 | 57 | 46 | 23 | 182 | |||||
| Rate/1000 p-y | 56.0 | 65.7 | 41.9 | 44.3 | 56.7 | 48.6 | |||||
| Adjusted RR | 1.31 | 0.82 to 2.10 | 1.46 | 0.96 to 2.22 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.67 to 1.51 | 1.23 | 0.75 to 2.04 | 1.25 | 0.92 to 1.69 |