Table 2 Prevalencea of abstaining and drinking patterns (frequency) and odds ratios (OR)b across time
Age at participation | Timec | Abstaining (full sample) | Infrequent drinking < 2 times per week (drinkers only) | Frequent drinking ≥2–3 times per week (drinkers only) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% (N) | OR (95% CI) | % (N) | OR (95% CI) | % (N) | OR (95% CI) | ||
Women | |||||||
60–69 | 1 | 31.6 (511/1616) | 1 | 94.8 (1048/1105) | 1 | 5.2 (57/1105) | 1 |
2 | 15.5 (321/2076) | 0.42 (0.36–0.50) | 73.9 (1297/1755) | 0.18 (0.13–0.24) | 26.1 (458/1755) | 5.62 (4.16–7.59) | |
3 | 9.1 (241/2657) | 0.25 (0.20–0.29) | 65.7 (1587/2416) | 0.13 (0.09–0.17) | 34.3 (829/2416) | 8.02 (5.97–10.79) | |
70+ | 1 | 48.2 (779/1616) | 1 | 95.7 (801/837) | 1 | 4.3 (36/837) | 1 |
2 | 35.2 (438/1243) | 0.64 (0.54–0.76) | 82.9 (667/805) | 0.26 (0.18–0.39) | 17.1 (138/805) | 3.80 (2.55–5.66) | |
3 | 23.0 (398/1734) | 0.36 (0.31–0.43) | 73.1 (976/1336) | 0.17 (0.12–0.25) | 26.9 (360/1336) | 5.87 (4.00–8.63) | |
Men | |||||||
60–69 | 1 | 14.5 (214/1477) | 1 | 85.8 (1084/1263) | 1 | 14.2 (179/1263) | 1 |
2 | 6.4 (126/1974) | 0.43 (0.34–0.56) | 69.3 (1280/1848) | 0.38 (0.31–0.46) | 30.7 (568/1848) | 2.62 (2.16–3.19) | |
3 | 5.1 (127/2491) | 0.35 (0.27–0.44) | 58.6 (1385/2364) | 0.24 (0.20–0.29) | 41.4 (979/2364) | 4.13 (3.42–4.99) | |
70+ | 1 | 25.0 (282/1129) | 1 | 87.7 (743/847) | 1 | 12.3 (104/847) | 1 |
2 | 18.8 (190/1008) | 0.75 (0.59–0.95) | 78.5 (642/818) | 0.59 (0.45–0.78) | 21.5 (176/818) | 1.70 (1.29–2.25) | |
3 | 10.8 (179/1644) | 0.40 (0.32–0.50) | 66.4 (974/1466) | 0.32 (0.25–0.42) | 33.6 (492/1466) | 3.10 (2.41–3.99) | |