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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of CABG patients by weekly alcohol consumption

From: Alcohol consumption and mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)-a register-based cohort study

Characteristics

Level

0 units (n = 554)

1–14 units (n = 783)

15–21 units (n = 296)

>21 units (n = 286)

Total (n = 1,919)

P-value

Sex

Male

394 (71.1)

647 (82.6)

291 (98.3)

267 (93.4)

1599 (83.3)

<0.0001

Age

median [IQR]

66.9 [13.1]

68.1 [13.1]

65.3 [10.6]

66.2 [11.8]

67.0 [12.5]

0.0039

Smoking status

Never smoked

158 (30.2)

186 (24.4)

58 (20.5)

36 (14.3)

438 (24.1)

 
 

Former smoker

255 (48.8)

443 (58.1)

147 (51.9)

145 (57.5)

990 (54.4)

 
 

Smoking

110 (21.0)

133 (17.5)

78 (27.6)

71 (28.2)

392 (21.5)

< 0.0001

 

Missing

31

21

13

34

99

 

BMI

Underweight or normal weight

149 (26.9)

280 (35.8)

86 (29.1)

82 (28.8)

597 (31.1)

 
 

Overweight

247 (44.7)

349 (44.6)

139 (47.0)

137 (48.1)

872 (45.5)

 
 

Obese

157 (28.4)

154 (19.7)

71 (24.0)

66 (23.2)

448 (23.4)

0.0019

 

Missinga

.

.

.

.

< 3

 

Household incomeb

Quartile 1

142 (25.6)

155 (19.8)

41 (13.9)

52 (18.2)

390 (20.3)

 
 

Quartile 2

118 (21.3)

140 (17.9)

44 (14.9)

60 (21.0)

362 (18.9)

 
 

Quartile 3

141 (25.5)

178 (22.7)

74 (25.0)

54 (18.9)

447 (23.3)

 
 

Quartile 4

153 (27.6)

310 (39.6)

137 (46.3)

120 (42.0)

720 (37.5)

< 0.0001

Educational level

Basic school

258 (49.0)

289 (37.6)

80 (27.6)

85 (30.5)

712 (38.2)

 
 

High school education

14 (2.7)

14 (1.8)

10 (3.4)

5 (1.8)

43 (2.3)

 
 

Vocational education

190 (36.1)

330 (42.9)

136 (46.9)

118 (42.3)

774 (41.5)

 
 

Short or medium higher education

47 (8.9)

96 (12.5)

40 (13.8)

56 (20.1)

239 (12.8)

 
 

Long higher education

18 (3.4)

40 (5.2)

24 (8.3)

15 (5.4)

97 (5.2)

< 0.0001

 

Missing

27

14

6

7

54

 

CABG after 2008

 

387 (69.9)

534 (68.2)

244 (82.4)

144 (50.3)

1309 (68.2)

< 0.0001

Hypertension

 

319 (57.6)

433 (55.3)

149 (50.3)

174 (60.8)

1075 (56.0)

0.0632

Diabetes

 

147 (26.5)

129 (16.5)

56 (18.9)

51 (17.8)

383 (20.0)

< 0.0001

COPD

 

33 (6.0)

42 (5.4)

17 (5.7)

16 (5.6)

108 (5.6)

0.9737

Heart failure

 

391 (70.6)

590 (75.4)

231 (78.0)

201 (70.3)

1413 (73.6)

0.0371

Liver disease

 

10 (1.8)

9 (1.1)

10 (3.4)

< 3 (< 0.9)

< 32 (<1.7)

0.0172

Stroke

 

62 (11.2)

68 (8.7)

31 (10.5)

31 (10.8)

192 (10.0)

0.4444

AMI

 

208 (37.5)

268 (34.2)

119 (40.2)

106 (37.1)

701 (36.5)

0.2845

Renal failure

 

26 (4.7)

21 (2.7)

6 (2.0)

10 (3.5)

63 (3.3)

0.1180

AF

 

43 (7.8)

56 (7.2)

15 (5.1)

34 (11.9)

148 (7.7)

0.0164

  1. BMI Body mass index, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, AMI acute myocardial infarct, AF atrial fibrillation, CABG after 2008 number of patients who underwent CABG surgery after 2008 (time)
  2. a< 3 observations in some rows
  3. bHousehold income is reported in Danish Kroner (DKK)