Alcohol Consumption and Risk of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Men

Table 6

Hazard ratios of all-cause mortality stratified by types of alcohol beverage^a, Aerobics Center for Longitudinal Study (ACLS), 1974–2002.

	Alcohol consumption (drinks/week)
	Nondrinkers	Quartile 1	Quartile 2	Quartile 3	Quartile 4
Beer (𝑛=23,728)
No.	4870	3854	4876	5779	4349
No. of Cases	343	147	362	227	237
Hazard ratios	1.00 (referent)	0.87 (0.71, 1.06)	0.99 (0.84, 1.16)	0.90 (0.75, 1.07)	1.15 (0.96, 1.37)
Wine (𝑛=21,997)
No.	4870	4091	4999	4175	3862
No. of Cases	343	177	370	183	196
Hazard ratios	1.00 (referent)	0.87 (0.72, 1.05)	0.92 (0.79, 1.08)	0.88 (0.73, 1.07)	0.95 (0.78, 1.14)
Liquor (𝑛=20,416)
No.	4870	3111	5022	3562	3851
No. of Cases	343	126	383	247	423
Hazard ratios	1.00 (referent)	0.93 (0.75, 1.14)	0.96 (0.82, 1.12)	0.89 (0.75, 1.06)	1.13 (0.97, 1.32)

ACLS: Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study.
^aAdjusted for age (in years), year of examination, BMI (kg/m²), smoking (current smoker or not), family history of CVD (yes or no), maximal treadmill time (min), and remaining type of alcohol.