| Person-years | Breast cancer-specific mortality | Mortality due to causes other than breast cancer | All-cause mortality | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. Death | HR (95% CI) | No. Death | HR (95% CI) | No. Death | HR (95% CI) | ||
Non-drinkers | 14,468 | 382 | Referent | 87 | Referent | 469 | Referent |
Wine, average drinks/week | |||||||
  < 1 | 9353 | 191 | 0.97 (0.78–1.19) | 43 | 0.83 (0.56–1.23) | 234 | 0.92 (0.77–1.11) |
 1–< 3 | 5106 | 80 | 0.78 (0.60–1.03) | 30 | 1.04 (0.67–1.61) | 110 | 0.83 (0.66–1.04) |
  ≥ 3 | 2560 | 35 | 0.76 (0.53–1.11) | 9 | 0.58 (0.29–1.20) | 44 | 0.73 (0.53–1.01) |
 Ptrend |  |  | 0.06 |  | 0.27 |  | 0.04 |
Beer, average drinks/week | |||||||
  < 1 | 7652 | 143 | 0.82 (0.66–1.02) | 47 | 1.37 (0.93–2.02) | 190 | 0.91 (0.75–1.10) |
 1–< 3 | 3706 | 71 | 0.94 (0.72–1.23) | 29 | 1.24 (0.79–1.95) | 100 | 0.99 (0.79–1.25) |
  ≥ 3 | 2471 | 57 | 0.79 (0.59–1.07) | 17 | 0.73 (0.42–1.27) | 74 | 0.77 (0.59–1.00) |
 Ptrend |  |  | 0.24 |  | 0.19 |  | 0.08 |
Liquor, average drinks/week | |||||||
  < 1 | 10,978 | 218 | 1.09 (0.88–1.34) | 54 | 0.99 (0.67–1.46) | 272 | 1.08 (0.90–1.30) |
 1–< 3 | 4330 | 84 | 0.97 (0.74–1.27) | 35 | 1.17 (0.75–1.82) | 119 | 1.03 (0.82–1.30) |
  ≥ 3 | 2572 | 54 | 0.99 (0.72–1.37) | 25 | 1.07 (0.65–1.74) | 79 | 1.04 (0.80–1.35) |
 Ptrend |  |  | 0.74 |  | 0.14 |  | 0.98 |