Baseline characteristics by alcohol use group of participants at Elderly Health Centres in Hong Kong from 1998 to 2001
| Alcohol use status for men (n=22 677) | Alcohol use status for women (n=44 138) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never (n=11 069) | Social (<1/week) (n=4723) | Weekly social (n=596) | Moderate (n=1732) | High (n=462) | Ex-drinker (n=4095) | p Value* | Never (n=37 277) | Social (<1/week) (n=3654) | Weekly social (n=298) | Moderate (n=375) | High (n=64) | Ex-drinker (n=2470) | p Value* | |
| Age group (%) | ||||||||||||||
| 65–69 | 38.7 | 46.0 | 47.7 | 42.8 | 45.7 | 31.2 | 40.5 | 48.2 | 53.0 | 39.7 | 45.3 | 33.3 | ||
| 70–74 | 31.3 | 31.7 | 31.4 | 33.5 | 34.9 | 33.3 | 29.7 | 28.9 | 24.5 | 31.5 | 32.8 | 31.5 | ||
| 75–79 | 18.9 | 15.3 | 13.9 | 16.6 | 13.0 | 21.5 | 18.2 | 15.3 | 13.8 | 19.7 | 14.1 | 20.5 | ||
| 80–84 | 8.0 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 5.6 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 9.6 | ||
| ≥85 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.7 | <0.001 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 5.1 | <0.001 |
| Education (%) | ||||||||||||||
| Postsecondary`` | 8.6 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 | ||
| Secondary | 25.7 | 25.7 | 20.3 | 21.4 | 17.5 | 17.9 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 3.7 | 8.5 | 6.3 | 4.7 | ||
| Primary | 49.3 | 52.0 | 51.0 | 52.9 | 53.7 | 55.0 | 29.4 | 31.4 | 27.5 | 26.1 | 28.1 | 25.0 | ||
| No formal but literate | 9.8 | 9.4 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 14.7 | 13.2 | 20.0 | 21.9 | 18.5 | 18.4 | 26.6 | 24.0 | ||
| Illiterate | 6.6 | 5.7 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 10.4 | 9.7 | <0.001 | 40.4 | 35.2 | 49.7 | 44.5 | 39.1 | 45.0 | <0.001 |
| Housing (%) | ||||||||||||||
| Public and aided | 37.5 | 39.5 | 38.8 | 41.9 | 46.1 | 43.1 | 39.8 | 41.8 | 38.3 | 42.4 | 42.2 | 40.8 | ||
| Private (rent) | 5.9 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 5.2 | ||
| Private (self-owned) | 50.8 | 52.3 | 52.4 | 49.0 | 44.4 | 44.1 | 48.1 | 49.8 | 49.7 | 45.9 | 51.6 | 45.2 | ||
| Temporary | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1.3 | ||
| Institutions | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 6.6 | ||
| Others | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | <0.001 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | <0.001 |
| Monthly expenditure (HK$) (%) | ||||||||||||||
| <1000 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 12.3 | 16.8 | 14.2 | 10.7 | 16.8 | 14.1 | 16.6 | ||
| 1000–1999 | 35.6 | 35.8 | 36.6 | 37.4 | 28.4 | 37.2 | 39.4 | 40.1 | 38.6 | 40.0 | 31.3 | 38.0 | ||
| 2000–2999 | 31.4 | 31.8 | 32.4 | 33.3 | 37.2 | 32.5 | 29.7 | 30.0 | 35.9 | 27.5 | 23.4 | 30.2 | ||
| 3000–5999 | 18.0 | 17.3 | 18.6 | 16.8 | 22.3 | 15.6 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 29.7 | 14.1 | ||
| 6000–9999 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | ||
| >10 000 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | <0.001 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | <0.001 |
| Body mass index (%) | ||||||||||||||
| <18.5 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 5.0 | ||
| 18.5 to <23 | 33.9 | 32.4 | 31.5 | 35.4 | 43.5 | 31.8 | 31.0 | 30.4 | 28.5 | 32.5 | 26.6 | 29.7 | ||
| 23 to <25 | 24.1 | 24.5 | 22.8 | 24.0 | 23.4 | 24.3 | 21.7 | 22.1 | 20.1 | 18.4 | 21.9 | 21.1 | ||
| 25 to <30 | 32.2 | 34.9 | 35.6 | 32.0 | 23.4 | 32.4 | 34.6 | 35.6 | 37.3 | 36.3 | 39.1 | 35.5 | ||
| ≥30 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | <0.001 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 8.7 | <0.001 |
| Exercise (%) | ||||||||||||||
| Never | 16.3 | 16.7 | 14.4 | 18.7 | 28.1 | 15.8 | 14.5 | 16.3 | 15.4 | 18.4 | 21.9 | 14.9 | ||
| <30 min/day | 24.3 | 24.3 | 18.6 | 24.8 | 24.5 | 26.8 | 27.9 | 27.6 | 21.5 | 26.7 | 23.4 | 29.8 | ||
| ≥30 min/day | 59.4 | 59.0 | 67.0 | 56.5 | 47.4 | 57.4 | <0.001 | 57.6 | 56.0 | 63.1 | 54.9 | 54.7 | 55.2 | <0.001 |
| Health status (%) | ||||||||||||||
| Good | 62.4 | 74.8 | 83.4 | 79.1 | 77.3 | 52.1 | 60.9 | 79.7 | 87.2 | 80.5 | 78.1 | 52.2 | ||
| Poor | 37.6 | 25.2 | 16.6 | 20.9 | 22.7 | 47.9 | <0.001 | 39.1 | 20.3 | 12.8 | 19.5 | 21.9 | 47.8 | <0.001 |
| Smoking status (%) | ||||||||||||||
| Never | 52.2 | 31.7 | 25.0 | 25.8 | 12.8 | 16.7 | 90.9 | 79.5 | 77.5 | 69.1 | 64.1 | 65.9 | ||
| Current | 16.9 | 21.4 | 25.2 | 32.7 | 53.7 | 19.5 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 11.4 | 16.3 | 20.3 | 5.8 | ||
| Ex-smoker | 30.9 | 46.9 | 49.8 | 41.6 | 33.6 | 63.9 | <0.001 | 5.8 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 14.7 | 15.6 | 28.3 | <0.001 |
*Two-sided p value from a χ2 test.