Alcohol Consumption and Risk of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Men
Table 4
Hazard ratios of all-cause mortality stratified by risk factorsa, Aerobics Center for Longitudinal Study (ACLS), 1974–2002.
Alcohol consumption (drinks/week)
Nondrinkers (0)
Quartile 1 (1–3)
Quartile 2 (4–6)
Quartile 3 (7–13)
Quartile 4 (≥14)
Age
Age <60
1.00 (referent)
0.80 (0.66–0.96)
0.92 (0.78–1.09)
1.02 (0.86–1.20)
1.08 (0.93–1.26)
Age ≥60
1.00 (referent)
0.86 (0.59–1.25)
0.85 (0.59–1.23)
0.75 (0.52–1.08)
1.04 (0.76–1.44)
BMI
BMI <25
1.00 (referent)
0.85 (0.65–1.11)
1.03 (0.80–1.32)
0.95 (0.74–1.22)
0.97 (0.77–1.23)
BMI ≥25
1.00 (referent)
0.86 (0.70–1.06)
0.90 (0.75–1.09)
0.96 (0.79–1.16)
1.12 (0.95–1.33)
Health statusb
Healthy
1.00 (referent)
0.91 (0.69–1.20)
0.92 (0.71–1.19)
1.10 (0.86–1.42)
1.11 (0.87–1.41)
Unhealthy
1.00 (referent)
0.82 (0.67–1.01)
0.97 (0.81–1.17)
0.88 (0.73–1.07)
1.05 (0.89–1.24)
Fitness level
Unfit (least fit 20%)
1.00 (referent)
0.91 (0.67–1.22)
1.02 (0.79–1.32)
1.10 (0.83–1.44)
1.17 (0.92–1.48)
Fit (most fit 80%)
1.00 (referent)
0.84 (0.69–1.03)
0.91 (0.76–1.10)
0.87 (0.73–1.05)
1.01 (0.85–1.19)
aAdjusted for year of examination, smoking (current smoker or not), family history of CVD (yes or no), and each other factor in the table.
bDefined as presence or absence of one or more of following diseases: hypertension, diabetes, or hyperlipidemia.
