Table 1 Current and lifetime alcohol intake in control women, by Asian ethnicity, and by nativity

Current alcohol (≥ 12 times/year) (12 months before diagnosis/interview)

No (%)

340 (66.7)

705 (78.1)

479 (81.7)

380 (70.8)

1,144 (78.2)

266 (70.4)

74 (56.1)

95 (72.5)

610 (79.0)

19 (67.9)

460 (82.3)

Yes (%)

170 (33.3)

198 (21.9)

108 (18.3)

157 (29.2)

319 (21.8)

112 (29.6)

58 (43.9)

36 (27.5)

162 (21.0)

9 (32.1)

99 (17.7)

P

< 0.0001

0.0005

0.003

0.10

0.54

Adj number of times/year^a

136.9

106.6

120.1

115.7

126.7

127.8

149.8

117.5

108.1

96.8

127.1

P

0.16

0.47

0.71

0.82

0.35

Adj alcohol g/day^a

5.1

3.8

4.1

4.2

4.5

4.5

6.0

4.9

3.7

3.7

4.3

P

0.21

0.61

0.41

0.35

0.43

Lifetime alcohol intake (at least once per week for 6 months or 26 times per year)

No (%)

374 (73.3)

779 (86.3)

504 (85.9)

407 (75.8)

1,252 (85.5)

282 (74.6)

92 (69.7)

106 (80.9)

673 (87.2)

19 (67.8)

485 (86.7)

Former (%)

56 (10.4)

36 (4.0)

32 (5.5)

59 (11.0)

72 (4.9)

47 (12.4)

9 (6.8)

8 (6.1)

28 (3.6)

4 (14.3)

31 (5.6)

Current (%)

80 (16.3)

88 (9.7)

51 (8.6)

71 (13.2)

141 (9.6)

49 (13.0)

31 (23.5)

17 (13.0)

71 (9.2)

5 (17.9)

43 (8.1)

P

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.007

0.16

0.02

Adj alcohol years^a

15.5

14.4

11.7

13.6

14.0

14.6

16.7

13.3

14.8

18.7

10.9

0.17

0.84

0.58

0.32

0.04

Adj alcohol g/day^a

5.7

6.1

8.7

7.7

5.9

6.6

4.7

6.4

5.4

10.8

7.6

0.15

0.21

0.33

0.84

0.62