Table 2 Selected lifetime alcohol consumption characteristics among prostate cancer cases and controls, PROMEN study
From: Lifetime total and beverage specific - alcohol intake and prostate cancer risk: a case-control study
All drinkers (n = 360) | Former drinkers (n = 96) | Current drinkers (n = 264) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases (n = 88) | Controls (n = 272) | Cases (n = 32) | Controls (n = 64) | Cases (n = 56) | Controls (n = 208) | |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||
Total drinking years | 38.2 a (16.5) | 43.7 (14.9) | 32.9 (18.5) | 33.8 (17.2) | 41.3 a (14.5) | 46.8 (12.7) |
Total abstaining years | 11.4 a (15.0) | 6.6 (12.5) | 19.8 (16.4) | 18.2 (15.3) | 6.6a (11.9) | 3.0 (8.8) |
Drinks per day | 2.6 (7.3) | 1.6 (3.4) | 4.7 (11.6) | 2.5 (5.8) | 1.3 (1.7) | 1.3 (2.2) |
Drinks per drinking day | 4.5 (7.3) | 3.6 (4.3) | 6.8 (11.3) | 5.0 (6.3) | 3.2 (2.5) | 3.2 (3.4) |
Total lifetime ethanol, ounces | 12904.7 (18681.0) | 11735.3 (12904.7) | 19051.0 (26382.6) | 13498.8 (21019.7) | 9392.6 (11187.8) | 11192.7 (16880.9) |
Total lifetime ethanol from beer, ounces | 6282.5 (11321.0) | 6024.3 (9250.0) | 7771.0 (15173.8) | 5992.6 (12284.7) | 5431.9 (8422.3) | 6034.1 (8129.3) |
Total lifetime ethanol from liquor, ounces | 5654.2 (14571.6) | 4067.2 (12815.8) | 10307.0 (22051.6) | 5233.7 (11480.5) | 2995.5 (6480.2) | 3708.3 (13204.5) |
Total lifetime ethanol from wine/wine coolers, ounces | 953.1 (2715.6) | 1634.6 (4168.8) | 958.9 (3588.4) | 2271.0 (6154.0) | 949.8 (2099.5) | 1438.8 (3326.0) |