Proportional hazard analyses were completed using SAS 9.4 (SAS Institute Inc. (c) 2000–2008). The outcome variable was time between the alcohol survey and either mortality or censoring of the data (June 30, 2016). In addition to the drinking pattern variables (current non-drinker, quantity, non-binge frequency, and binge frequency), models included gender, race, birth cohort (classified as a categorical variable corresponding to 5-year bins), and comorbidity.
