Association between alcohol consumption trajectory group membership and self-rated general health and psychological distress reported in 2014, stratified by baseline outcome values
| Alcohol consumption trajectory group membership | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | P for interaction |
| Self-rated general health | |||
| Good-average at baseline (n=28 810) | Poor at baseline (n=1 038) | ||
| Stable moderate drinkers | Reference | Reference | |
| Unstable moderate drinkers | 1.44 (1.14 to 1.82) | 1.18 (0.72 to 1.92) | 0.844 |
| Stable non-drinkers | 2.30 (1.75 to 3.02) | 2.33 (1.45 to 3.76) | 0.059 |
| Unstable non-drinkers | 1.63 (0.97 to 2.78) | 1.62 (1.02 to 2.56) | 0.570 |
| Former drinkers | 3.08 (2.49 to 3.80) | 3.54 (1.73 to 7.24) | 0.030 |
| Stable heavy drinkers | 2.20 (1.54 to 3.13) | 1.44 (0.65 to 3.21) | 0.518 |
| Unstable heavy drinkers | 1.42 (1.00 to 2.03) | 1.59 (0.82 to 3.11) | 0.580 |
| Psychological distress (PS) | |||
|
No PS at baseline
(n=25 853) |
PS at baseline
(n=4155) | ||
| Stable moderate drinkers | Reference | Reference | |
| Unstable moderate drinkers | 1.11 (0.97 to 1.26) | 1.04 (0.84 to 1.29) | 0.564 |
| Stable non-drinkers | 0.93 (0.76 to 1.13) | 1.22 (0.91 to 1.64) | 0.072 |
| Unstable non-drinkers | 0.85 (0.59 to 1.23) | 0.93 (0.57 to 1.52) | 0.613 |
| Former drinkers | 1.29 (1.11 to 1.49) | 1.12 (0.89 to 1.43) | 0.316 |
| Stable heavy drinkers | 1.16 (0.91 to 1.49) | 1.38 (0.93 to 2.05) | 0.356 |
| Unstable heavy drinkers | 1.04 (0.84 to 1.29) | 1.19 (0.87 to 1.63) | 0.373 |
Psychological distress was measured by the General Health Questionnaire-12. All analyses were adjusted for age, gender, marital status, country of birth, current main activity, socioeconomic position, tobacco use, physical activity, fruit consumption and longstanding illness. Logistic regression was used to analyse the association between alcohol consumption trajectories and poor self-rated health and psychological distress reported 2014. Self-rated health was dichotomised as ‘(very)poor’ and ‘(very) good, average’. Psychological distress was defined as a score of ≥4 on the General Health Questionnaire-12.