Alcohol consumption (g/d) and clinical and socioeconomical parameters in women
| 0 n=563 | 1–19 n=708 | ≥20 n=264 | |||||
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| mean | SD* | mean | SD | mean | SD | p | |
| *Standard deviation; †intense physical activity, 20 min, three times a week or more. | |||||||
| Alcohol consumption (g/d) | – | – | 7.9 | 7.1 | 34.6 | 14.4 | |
| Beverages (% from total alcohol) | |||||||
| wine | – | – | 61.8 | 35.4 | 68.9 | 33.4 | |
| beer | – | – | 15.3 | 27.7 | 20.7 | 31.3 | |
| aperitifs | – | – | 21.6 | 28.5 | 9.6 | 15.4 | |
| spirits | – | – | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 2.8 | |
| Age (y) | 50.3 | 8.8 | 49.9 | 8.5 | 51.1 | 8.1 | NS |
| Years of schooling (y) | 11.4 | 3.7 | 11.8 | 3.6 | 11.4 | 3.5 | NS |
| Systolic pressure (mm Hg) | 128.8 | 20.5 | 128.4 | 19.0 | 130.4 | 17.7 | NS |
| Diastolic pressure (mm Hg) | 79.8 | 11.4 | 79.2 | 10.8 | 80.4 | 10.4 | NS |
| Waist to hip ratio | 0.82 | 0.07 | 0.82 | 0.08 | 0.83 | 0.07 | <0.01 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.5 | 5.7 | 25.4 | 4.8 | 25.6 | 4.9 | <0.001 |
| Fasting glucose (mmol/l) | 5.36 | 1.29 | 5.23 | 0.92 | 5.45 | 1.29 | <0.05 |
| Centre (%) | <0.001 | ||||||
| North | 27.2 | 38.0 | 51.5 | ||||
| East | 31.1 | 33.2 | 23.9 | ||||
| South | 41.7 | 28.8 | 24.6 | ||||
| Current smoker (%) | 15.6 | 16.1 | 17.8 | NS | |||
| Physical activity (%)† | 24.9 | 20.6 | 13.3 | <0.001 | |||
| Drugs (%) | |||||||
| antihypertensive | 19.4 | 16.7 | 17.4 | NS | |||
| hypolipidaemic | 12.0 | 12.3 | 11.0 | NS | |||
| antidiabetic | 4.1 | 2.4 | 5.3 | NS | |||
| Occupational activity (%) | 72.6 | 76.3 | 68.6 | NS | |||