Table 4 Adjusted mean RR estimates of prostate cancer morbidity or mortality for different categories of drinkers compared with ‘abstainers’ by misclassification errors

 Low–volume (1.30– < 25 g/day)

10/20

1.10

1.03 – 1.18

0.1499

1.11

1.03 – 1.19

0.0069

 Medium–high volume (25+ g/day)

9/17

1.12

1.02 – 1.22

0.0152

1.13

1.04 – 1.24

0.0079

 Any drinking (1.30+ g/day)

10/37

1.11

1.05 – 1.17

0.0273

1.12

1.02 – 1.23

0.0405

 Low–volume (1.30– < 25 g/day)

6/16

1.05

1.00 – 1.10

0.0708

1.01

0.96 – 1.06

0.6901

 Medium–high volume (25+ g/day)

5/10

1.10

1.05 – 1.16

0.0005

1.05

0.99 – 1.12

0.1136

 Any drinking (1.30+ g/day)

6/26

1.07

0.84 – 1.37

0.1657

1.03

0.87 – 1.22

0.2760

 Low–volume (1.30– < 25 g/day)

5/10

1.08

0.97 – 1.21

0.1411

1.06

0.95 – 1.18

0.2534

 Medium–high volume (25+ g/day)

4/9

1.06

0.95 – 1.18

0.2674

1.01

0.89 – 1.15

0.8706

 Any drinking (1.30+ g/day)

5/19

1.07

0.97 – 1.18

0.0715

1.04

0.83 – 1.29

0.2955

 Low–volume (1.30– < 25 g/day)

6/16

1.12

1.05 – 1.18

0.0008

1.23

1.05 – 1.45

0.0143

 Medium–high volume (25+ g/day)

3/8

1.10

0.95 – 1.26

0.1798

1.20

1.00 – 1.43

0.0475

 Any drinking (1.30+ g/day)

6/24

1.11

1.03 – 1.19

0.0359

1.22

1.07 – 1.38

0.0321