Table 2

Characteristics of respondents at baseline

Characteristicsn (%)
Gender
 Male1539 (78.48)
 Female422 (21.52)
Age (year), mean (SD)42.01 (4.77)
Marital status42.47 (4.83)
 Single158 (8.06)
 Married1709 (87.15)
 Divorced/widowed/separated94 (4.79)
Education attainment
 Primary school313 (15.96)
 High school333 (16.98)
 Vocational school734 (37.43)
 Bachelor school or higher581 (29.63)
Monthly income
 ≤5000 baht323 (16.47)
 5000–10 000 baht774 (39.47)
 10 000–20 000 baht757 (38.60)
 >20 000 baht107 (5.46)
Smoking status
 Never smoked864 (44.06)
 Light smoker310 (15.81)
 Heavy smoker500 (25.50)
 Ex-smoker287 (14.64)
Drinking level
 Abstainers483 (24.63)
 Low-to-moderate drinkers941 (47.99)
 Heavy drinkers137 (6.99)
 Ex-drinkers400 (20.40)
Alcohol consumption per day (g/day), mean (SD)30.90 (71.22)
Frequency of physical activity (times/week), mean (SD)13.58 (3.47)
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg), mean (SD)119.50 (14.82)
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg), mean (SD)74.44 (10.30)
Low-density lipoprotein147.61 (39.92)
High-density lipoprotein47.05 (11.15)
Body mass index23.03 (2.99)
Trajectory of alcohol consumption
 Consistent-occasion/mostly consistent-occasion drinkers646 (32.94)
 Consistent-regular drinkers/mostly consistent-regular drinkers434 (22.13)
 Less regular/less occasion ex-drinkers458 (23.36)
 Maintaining abstainers423 (21.57)
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