Alcohol consumption and carotid artery structure in Korean adults aged 50 years and older

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Relation between Alcohol Consumption and Carotid IMT Parameters in Women

	Categories of Alcohol Consumption
	Never (n = 1577)	Former (n= 167)	0.1-5.0 g/d (n = 715)	5.1-10.0 g/d (n = 60)	10.1-20.0 g/d (n = 56)	>20.0 g/d (n = 25)	p¶
CCA-IMT, mm
Age-adjusted	0.731 ± 0.003	0.735 ± 0.010	0.730 ± 0.005	0.737 ± 0.017	0.729 ± 0.017	0.721 ± 0.026	0.691
Multivariate-adjusted†	0.732 ± 0.003	0.736 ± 0.010	0.729 ± 0.005	0.735 ± 0.016	0.730 ± 0.017	0.707 ± 0.025	0.364
Multivariate-adjusted+HDL‡	0.731 ± 0.003	0.734 ± 0.010	0.730 ± 0.005	0.735 ± 0.016	0.735 ± 0.017	0.715 ± 0.025	0.608
CB-IMT, mm
Age-adjusted	0.789 ± 0.003	0.787 ± 0.009	0.788 ± 0.005	0.792 ± 0.016	0.778 ± 0.016	0.763 ± 0.024	0.225
Multivariate-adjusted†	0.790 ± 0.003	0.787 ± 0.009	0.787 ± 0.004	0.790 ± 0.015	0.779 ± 0.016	0.751 ± 0.024	0.087
Multivariate-adjusted+HDL‡	0.790 ± 0.003	0.785 ± 0.009	0.788 ± 0.004	0.790 ± 0.015	0.783 ± 0.016	0.759 ± 0.024	0.189
Higher CCA-IMT§
Prevalence, %	13.3	17.4	10.1	11.7	10.7	8.0	0.037
Age-adjusted	1	1.25 (0.81-1.93)	0.95 (0.71-1.28)	1.22 (0.54-2.79)	0.98 (0.40-2.37)	0.89 (0.20-3.95)	0.867
Multivariate-adjusted†	1	1.28 (0.82-2.00)	0.94 (0.69-1.27)	1.34 (0.59-3.08)	1.04 (0.42-2.54)	0.78 (0.17-3.64)	0.846
Multivariate-adjusted+HDL‡	1	1.20 (0.77-1.89)	0.99 (0.73-1.34)	1.39 (0.60-3.20)	1.21 (0.49-2.99)	0.99 (0.22-4.53)	0.743

Data are means ± standard error of mean or odds ratios (95% confidence interval).
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01: compared with never-drinkers.
† Analysis adjusted for age, body mass index, waist circumference, smoking status, exercise, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglycerides (log transformed), fasting glucose, use of medication for hypertension, use of medication for diabetes, and use of medication for hyperlipidemia.
‡Analysis additionally adjusted for HDL cholesterol.
§CCA-IMT ≥1.0 mm.
¶p for linear trend was obtained by analysis of covariance or logistic regression using the categories of alcohol consumption as a continuous variable (excluding former drinkers).

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