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Table 4 Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for diabetes and combined diabetes and IFG in men according to the categories of drinking frequency and types of beverage

From: Associations of alcohol consumption with diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glycemia among middle-aged and elderly Chinese

  

Participants (n)

Diabetes

Combined diabetes and IFG

Drinking frequency

    

   Abstainers

 

688

1.0 (reference)

1.0 (reference)

   < 1 day/wk

 

165

1.17 (0.71,1.92)

1.45 (0.99,2.13)

   1-4 day/wk

 

164

1.22 (0.73,2.05)

1.27 (0.86,1.88)

   5-7 day/wk

0.1-19.9 g/d

115

1.24 (0.70,2.21)

1.59 (1.02,2.48)

 

20-39.9 g/d

106

0.72 (0.36,1.46)

0.61 (0.37,0.98)

 

≥ 40.0 g/d

197

1.72 (1.03,2.87)

1.50 (1.02,2.18)

Beverage type

    

   Abstainers

 

688

1.0 (reference)

1.0 (reference)

   Liquor drinkers

    
 

0.1-19.9 g/d

166

1.60 (0.99,2.61)

1.85 (1.24,2.77)

 

20-39.9 g/d

80

0.95 (0.44,2.03)

0.92 (0.55,1.56)

 

≥ 40.0 g/d

165

1.52 (0.86,2.68)

1.49 (1.00,2.23)

 

Total

411

1.43 (0.96,2.12)

1.47 (1.09,1.98)

   Non-liquor drinkers

    
 

0.1-19.9 g/d

220

1.07 (0.68,1.70)

1.11 (0.78,1.56)

 

20-39.9 g/d

62

0.40 (0.12,1.34)

0.68 (0.36,1.25)

 

≥ 40.0 g/d

54

1.92 (0.87,4.23)

1.64 (0.88, 3.03)

 

Total

336

1.05 (0.70,1.58)

1.08 (0.80,1.46)

  1. Data were adjusted for age, geographic location (Beijing/Shanghai), residential region (urban/rural), educational level, smoking, physical activity, family income, family history of CVD or diabetes, diet (total energy intake without alcohol, energy adjusted dietary fiber and fat intake), BMI, inflammatory markers (log-transformed CRP, IL-6 and ferritin), adipokines (RBP4, log-transformed adiponectin and PAI-1).
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