Alcohol Consumption among the Oldest Old and How It Changes during Two Years

Table 1

Baseline characteristics with weekly alcohol consumption and binge drinking in older adult men and women, 𝑛=576.

	Men (𝑛=217)								Women (𝑛=359)
	Abstainers		Low consumers		At-risk consumers		Binge drinkers		Abstainers		Low consumers		At-risk consumers		Binge drinkers
	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛
All	14.4	31	63.9	138	21.8	47	13.8	30	11.2	40	74.3	266	14.5	52	12.0	43
Age
80–84	14.0	18	66.7	86	19.4	25	𝟏𝟕.𝟕^∗	23	12.1	24	73.9	147	14.1	28	13.1	26
85+	14.9	13	59.8	52	25.3	22	8.0	7	10.1	16	74.8	119	15.1	24	10.6	17
Educational level
Elementary	14.1	12	71.8	61	14.1	12	8.1	7	𝟏𝟑.𝟏^∗∗∗	26	78.4	156	8.5	17	9.0	18
Upper secondary	15.4	10	60.0	39	24.6	16	15.4	10	8.3	9	75.2	82	16.5	18	13.6	15
University	13.6	9	57.6	38	28.8	19	19.7	13	10.0	5	56.0	28	34.0	17	20.0	10
Cohabiting
Yes	𝟗.𝟒^∗∗	15	68.6	109	22.0	35	15.6	25	𝟗.𝟔^∗	9	67.0	63	23.4	22	15.8	15
No	28.1	16	50.9	29	21.1	12	8.8	5	11.7	31	76.9	203	11.4	30	10.6	28
Self-rated health
Poor	21.1	12	56.1	32	22.8	13	15.1	24	16.2	16	71.7	71	12.1	12	13.5	35
Good	12.0	19	66.5	105	21.5	34	10.5	6	9.3	24	75.3	195	15.4	40	8.0	8
Depression
Yes	6.7	1	60.0	9	33.3	5	13.3	2	4.4	2	75.6	34	20.0	9	15.6	7
No	12.8	20	62.2	97	25.0	39	17.3	27	10	25	74.3	185	15.7	39	13.7	34
Frailty
Nonfrail	19.2	5	61.5	16	19.2	5	𝟎^∗	0	0	0	83.9	26	16.1	5	12.9	4
Prefrail	9.5	11	65.5	76	25.0	29	19.8	23	8.5	17	74.0	148	17.5	35	15.5	31
Frail	12.5	3	45.8	11	41.7	10	25.0	6	14.8	9	72.1	44	13.1	8	9.8	6
Falls
Yes	14.6	7	66.7	32	18.8	9	12.5	6	16.5	14	70.6	60	12.9	11	12.1	33
No	14.4	24	63.5	106	22.2	37	14.3	24	9.6	26	75.5	206	15.0	41	12.4	34
Nicotine use
Yes	12.5	2	50.0	8	37.5	6	12.5	2	5.0	1	75.0	15	20.0	4	15.0	3
No	14.6	29	64.6	128	20.7	41	14.1	28	11.6	39	74.1	249	14.3	48	11.6	39
Binge drinking
Yes	𝟎^∗∗∗	0	43.3	13	56.7	17	—	—	𝟎^∗∗∗	0	62.8	27	37.2	16	—	—
No	16.7	31	67.2	125	16.1	30	—	—	12.7	40	75.9	239	11.4	36	—	—
Weekly consumption catetegories
Low consumers	—	—	—	—	—	—	𝟗.𝟒^∗∗∗	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	𝟏𝟎.𝟐^∗∗∗	27
At-risk consumers	—	—	—	—	—	—	36.2	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	30.8	16

^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗𝑃<0.01, and ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001. Significant differences between categories in sub-groups (chi²-test) are in bold type. The varying numbers of participants are owing to internal dropouts.