Clinical characteristics of women according to weekly alcohol intake
| Alcohol intake, drinks* per week | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All women | Abstainer | <7 | 7–13 | 14–20 | >20 | |
| Subjects, n | 1108 | 45 | 601 | 229 | 110 | 123 |
| Drinks per week (median, (10%; 90%)) | 5.6 (0.7–21.7) | N/A | 2.3 (0.6–6.2) | 9.3 (7.4–12.2) | 18.8 (15.0–20.2) | 26.5 (21.7–40.9) |
| Years of follow-up (median (10%; 90%)) | 4.7 (1.0–10.8) | 4.2 (1.1–11.4) | 4.8 (1.0–11.0) | 4.9 (0.9–11.0) | 5.3 (1.4–10.5) | 3.1 (0.7–9.5) |
| Age, years (median (10%; 90%)) | 67.8 (60.2–74.6) | 68.7 (61.4–73.6) | 67.8 (59.6–74.5) | 67.2 (60.3–75.1) | 68.2 (60.5–74.2) | 68.9 (60.2–74.6) |
| Age ≥75 years | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 7.3 | 10.6 |
| Age 65–74 years | 59.4 | 57.8 | 59.9 | 56.3 | 60.9 | 61.8 |
| Heart failure | 5.6 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 1.6 |
| Hypertension | 28.0 | 33.3 | 29.6 | 23.6 | 25.5 | 28.5 |
| Diabetes | 11.4 | 26.7 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 3.6 | 12.2 |
| Previous | ||||||
| Ischaemic stroke | 6.0 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| TIA | 3.6 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 4.9 |
| Arterial thromboembolism | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Haemorrhagic stroke | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Vascular disease: | ||||||
| Previous MI | 6.5 | 4.4 | 8.0 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 1.6 |
| Aortic plaque | 0.5 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Peripheral artery disease | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| VKA treated | 14.4 | 6.7 | 15.5 | 10.0 | 14.5 | 20.3 |
| CHADS2 (mean) | 0.81 | 1.16 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.64 | 0.78 |
| 0 | 50.8 | 37.8 | 51.1 | 52.0 | 54.5 | 48.8 |
| 1 | 29.0 | 31.1 | 27.0 | 29.7 | 33.6 | 32.5 |
| ≥2 | 20.2 | 31.1 | 22.0 | 18.3 | 11.8 | 18.7 |
| CHA2DS2-VASc=1 | 21.3 | 17.8 | 21.1 | 22.7 | 20.9 | 21.1 |
Data are percentages unless otherwise stated.
*One drink corresponds to 12 g of pure alcohol.
MI, myocardial infarction; TIA, transient ischaemic attack; VKA, vitamin K antagonist