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Table 2 Types of alcoholic beverages consumed by drinkers. Subjects who ever consumed alcohol were included in the table (n = 774)

From: Drinking alcohol is associated with variation in the human oral microbiome in a large study of American adults

 

Number of drinkers in each drinking type

Mean of pure ethanol consumption

 

N

%

gram/day

Any wine drinkers

645

83.3

15.5

 Wine only†

101

13.0

3.8

 Wine and other types

544

70.3

17.7

Any beer drinkers

565

73.0

19.9

 Beer only†

39

5.0

20.7

 Beer and other types

526

68.0

19.8

Any liquor drinkers

545

70.4

19.0

 Liquor only†

26

3.4

7.0

 Liquor and other types

519

67.0

19.6

  1. †Wine, beer, or liquor drinkers exclusively consumed each type of beverages respectively