Risk characteristics at baseline for men by alcohol consumption category (including prevalent cases)
| Men (N = 15 630) | Alcohol consumption | p Value | |||||||||||
| Never-drinkers | Former drinkers | Low (<5 g/day) | Moderate (5–30 g/day) | High (30–90 g/day) | Very high (>90 g/day) | ||||||||
| Age at recruitment (years), mean (SD) | 50.42 | (7.32) | 51.84 | (7.57) | 50.51 | (7.38) | 50.5 | (7.28) | 50.84 | (7.07) | 51.29 | (6.84) | 0.800 |
| Height (cm), mean (SD) | 168.62 | (6.22) | 168.30 | (6.53) | 168.74 | (6.54) | 169.12 | (6.47) | 169.06 | (6.13) | 169.47 | (6.02) | <0.001 |
| Weight (kg), mean (SD) | 80.22 | (11.16) | 81.04 | (11.26) | 80.44 | (11.16) | 80.95 | (10.63) | 81.50 | (10.43) | 84.11 | (11.72) | <0.001 |
| Waist/hip ratio, mean (SD) | 0.93 | (0.05) | 0.94 | (0.05) | 0.94 | (0.06) | 0.94 | (0.059 | 0.94 | (0.05) | 0.95 | (0.05) | <0.001 |
| Energy intake (kcal/day), mean (SD) | 2302.56 | (667.74) | 2310.28 | (654.23) | 2448.83 | (679.03) | 2564.30 | (658.84) | 2888.02 | (652.55) | 3561.84 | (823.30) | <0.001 |
| Tobacco status (%) | |||||||||||||
| Never-smoker | 47.0 | 26.5 | 36.6 | 30.9 | 25.2 | 17.8 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Former smoker | 25.6 | 38.4 | 31.6 | 31.5 | 28.9 | 25.4 | |||||||
| Smoker | 27.4 | 35.1 | 31.8 | 37.6 | 45.8 | 56.8 | |||||||
| Total physical activity index (%) | |||||||||||||
| Inactive | 21.5 | 22.0 | 24.1 | 22.4 | 20.1 | 17.8 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Moderately inactive | 31.1 | 29.5 | 31.1 | 30.3 | 28.6 | 29.8 | |||||||
| Moderately active | 32.2 | 32.3 | 30.5 | 32.7 | 36.4 | 36.4 | |||||||
| Active | 15.3 | 16.2 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | |||||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) (%) | |||||||||||||
| Underweight | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Normal weight | 16.4 | 13.0 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 12.2 | 10.0 | |||||||
| Overweight | 57.5 | 54.6 | 59.3 | 57.7 | 58.1 | 50.5 | |||||||
| Obese | 25.8 | 32.0 | 26.0 | 27.4 | 29.5 | 39.2 | |||||||
| Educational level (%) | |||||||||||||
| None | 20.0 | 26.3 | 24.5 | 23.0 | 25.6 | 28.1 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Primary | 33.3 | 44.1 | 33.9 | 36.5 | 40.3 | 46.9 | |||||||
| Technical | 13.0 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 14.4 | 12.4 | |||||||
| Secondary | 11.3 | 6.6 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 5.5 | |||||||
| University degree | 22.5 | 11.0 | 20.9 | 18.8 | 11.5 | 7.1 | |||||||
| Diabetes (%) | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 5.7 | 9.9 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.1 | <0.001 | ||||||
| High blood pressure (%) | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 18.8 | 27.7 | 21.8 | 20.0 | 20.9 | 23.6 | 0.103 | ||||||
| Hyperlipidaemia (%) | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 19.5 | 27.1 | 24.1 | 25.6 | 28.0 | 29.9 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Vitamin E (mg/day), mean (SD) | 10.6 | (6.1) | 11.3 | (7.3) | 11.6 | (6.9) | 11.9 | (7.2) | 12.4 | (7.5) | 12.0 | (8.7) | <0.001 |
| B01/B02 (antithrombotic and antihaemorrhagic) (%) | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | <0.001 | ||||||
| C01–C10 (cardiovascular), (%) | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 10.7 | 15.3 | 12.8 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 9.4 | <0.001 | ||||||
| N02BA (aspirin), (%) | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 0.771 | ||||||