Table 2

Characteristics of the men with reliable drinking history by categories of daily alcohol consumption

< 12 g
(n=109) 		12–72 g
(n=105) 		72–108 g
(n=103) 		> 180 g
(n=76) 		p Value
Age (years)56.4 (9.9)53.7 (9.1)52.7 (9.3)48.8 (8.7)< 0.00001
Body mass index (kg/m2)25.5 (5.0)24.8 (4.5)24.4 (4.6)24.3 (4.7)0.292-150
Body surface area (m2)1.95 (.22)1.92 (.19)1.87 (.19)1.91 (.23)0.0582-150
Hypertension272519150.64
Diabetes262921200.64
Coronary artery disease2-151 75543915< 0.0001
Smoking (cigarettes/day)13.5 (13.0)17.9 (15.2)18.2 (13.3)19.2 (14.1)0.0942-150

  • Data are mean (SD) or frequencies. P values are for differences across alcohol consumption groups from analysis of variance and Pearson's χ2 test.

  • ↵2-150 For log transformed data.

  • ↵2-151 > 50% coronary luminal stenosis at postmortem angiography.