Alcohol Consumption, Beverage Preference, and Diet in Middle-Aged Men from the STANISLAS Study

Table 1

Characteristics of the sample of 423 adult males according to alcohol consumption and beverage preference^a.

	Alcohol intakes (g/day)					Beverage preference
	0–2; 𝑁=93	3–22; 𝑁=168	23–44; 𝑁=98	44–112; 𝑁=64	P value^b	Wine; 𝑁=265	Beer; 𝑁=31	Spirits; 𝑁=23	𝑃 value^b
Alcohol (g/d)	0.6±1.1	12.3±5.7	31.3±6.6	65.5±15.6	—	30.9±22.2	16.8±13.8	9.9±6.6	≤0.001
From wine (%)	—^c	63.6±37.1	71.6±22.9	76.2±18.1	0.009	81.2±15.8	11.5±17.6	11.9±19.0	—
From beer (%)	—	19.7±29.9	14.9±20.2	10.0±11.8	0.022	9.2±11.9	81.1±20.1	7.1±14.8	—
From spirits (%)	—	16.6±28.9	13.4±14.5	13.7±13.3	0.476	9.5±12.6	7.3±14.7	81.0±20.7	—
Age (y)	41.8±5.8	42.5±4.9	42.6±4.9	42.9±4.7	0.509	42.9±5.0	40.6±3.8	41.6±3.2	0.024
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	26.0±4.6	25.8±3.2	25.1±3.0	25.2±2.9	0.206	25.5±2.9	24.4±2.7	26.7±3.8	0.021
Cigarette (cig/day)^d	3.4±8.1	3.8±7.4	5.7±9.9	8.4±12.6	0.002	4.9±8.9	6.9±12.1	5.1±8.7	0.506
Smoking behavior (%)
Nonsmokers	49.5	38.1	29.6	15.6		32.4	35.5	17.4
Smokers	18.3	28.0	36.7	42.2	≤0.001	32.5	35.5	30.4	0.413
Ex-smokers	32.2	33.9	33.7	42.2		35.1	29.0	52.2
Education (%)
Primary school	57.0	51.8	47.0	51.6		47.5	71.0	52.2
Secondary school	25.8	25.6	31.6	28.1	0.840	30.6	12.9	13.0	0.036
University	17.2	22.6	21.4	20.3		21.9	16.1	34.8

^aMean ± SD or percent.
^bANOVA for continuous variables (except for cigarette smoking) or Chi-square test for categorical variables.
^cNot relevant, ^dKruskal-Wallis test.