alcohol drinking status Impaired fasting glucose Diabetes
Un-adjusted Age-gender- adjusted Multivariate- adjusted* Un-adjusted Age-gender- adjusted Multivariate- adjusted*
Non-drinking (n=1707) 1.00(ref) 1.00(ref) 1.00(ref) 1.00(ref) 1.00(ref) 1.00(ref)
£ 25g/day (n=84) 1.19 (0.51-2.80) 1.07 (0.45-2.56) 1.07 (0.44-2.59) 0.63 (0.15-2.64) 0.52 (0.12-2.19) 0.47 (0.11-2.11)
26-50g/day (n=176) 0.72 (0.35-1.51) 0.66 (0.31-1.40) 0.68 (0.31-1.47) 0.14 (0.02-1.05) 0.12 (0.02-0.88)† 0.11 (0.01-0.84)†
>50g/day (n=596) 0.93 (0.62-1.39) 0.87 (0.53-1.43) 0.78 (0.46-1.33) 1.21 (0.77-1.92) 1.04 (0.58-1.85) 0.81 (0.42-1.57)
P value for quadratic trend test 0.756 0.614 0.803 0.027 0.018 0.026
*: Adjustment factors include age, gender, smoking, hypertension, family history of hypertension, body mass index, waist circumference, heart rate, total cholesterol,
triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, c-reactive protein and fasting insulin.
†: Compared to non-drinking group, P<0.05.
OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval.
Table 3: ORs and 95% CIs of impaired fasting plasma glucose and diabetes associated with alcohol consumption status.