Table 1 Distribution of sociodemographic factors and current alcohol intake, New York City Multiethnic Breast Cancer Project (n = 189); 2007-2008
From: The association of alcohol consumption with mammographic density in a multiethnic urban population
|  | Overall sample (N = 189) mean (SD)/n (percent) | African American (N = 80) mean (SD)/n (percent) | African Caribbean (N = 42) mean (SD)/n (percent) | White (N = 41) mean (SD)/n (percent) | Hispanic Caribbean (N = 17) mean (SD)/n (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age at interview (year) | 49.98 (5.69) | 50.15 (5.62) | 49.49 (5.54) | 50.06 (5.92) | 51.53 (5.94) |
BMI (kg/m2)n/a | 29.78 (6.74) | 31.43 (6.62) | 30.06 (6.77) | 25.53 (4.76) | 32.26 (7.20) |
Percent density | 12.88 (11.44) | 12.01 (10.78) | 12.98 (13.18) | 15.87 (11.25) | 8.49 (9.00) |
Dense area (cm2) | 17.62 (14.57) | 17.92 (14.70) | 18.81 (16.86) | 18.12 (12.79) | 11.86 (10.45) |
Non-dense area (cm2) | 152.44 (86.58) | 169.37 (90.91) | 171.10 (104.43) | 105.5 (40.64) | 162.64 (70.54) |
Current alcohol Intake | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Nondrinkers | 95 (50.26) | 37 (46.25) | 26 (61.90) | 16 (39.02) | 12 (70.59) |
  Current drinkers | 94 (49.74) | 43 (53.75) | 16 (38.10) | 25 (60.98) | 5 (29.41) |
Alcohol intake in consumers | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  grams/week | 62.67 (151.73) | 59.25 (84.08) | 102.72 (338.13) | 61.93 (57.41) | 14.55 (12.07) |
  servings/week | 4.29 (10.74) | 4.04 (5.61) | 7.26 (24.22) | 4.11 (3.79) | 1.00 (0.82) |
    ≤7 | 80 (42.33) | 35 (43.75) | 15 (35.71) | 20 (48.78) | 5 (29.41) |
    >7 | 14 (7.41) | 8 (10.00) | 1 (2.38) | 5 (12.20) | n/a |
Current alcohol beverage type (servings/week) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Wine | 2.73 (4.41) | 3.28 (6.28) | 1.25 (1.36) | 3.39 (3.38) | 1.03 (0.16) |
   Beer | 1.09 (1.29) | 2.74 (2.88) | 6.20 (12.19) | 1.39 (1.60) | 0.80 (0.49) |
   Liquor | 4.21 (12.57) | 2.63 (2.29) | 35.22 (49.16) | 1.23 (1.12) | 0.66 (0.69) |
   Cooler | 0.82 (0.81) | 1.34 (0.88) | 0.31 (0.23) | n/a | n/a |