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

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Table 6 Relation between Alcohol Consumption and Carotid Plaques, CCA-diameter 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∫
Carotid plaques
Prevalence, %	46.4	55.8	42.5	46.7	45.6	56.1	0.222
Age-adjusted	1	1.27 (0.89-1.81)	1.14 (0.92-1.41)	0.65 (0.31-1.36)	1.18 (0.62-2.23)	1.34 (0.52-3.46)	0.365
Multivariate-adjusted†	1	1.23 (0.85-1.77)	1.09 (0.87-1.36)	0.70 (0.33-1.47)	1.18 (0.62-2.27)	1.19 (0.45-3.18)	0.590
Multivariate-adjusted+HDL‡	1	1.20 (0.83-1.74)	1.11 (0.89-1.38)	0.71 (0.34-1.48)	1.24 (0.65-2.38)	1.29 (0.48-3.44)	0.434
Multivariate-adjusted+CCA-IMT§	1	1.23 (0.85-1.78)	1.09 (0.88-1.37)	0.69 (0.33-1.45)	1.19 (0.62-2.28)	1.25 (0.47-3.36)	0.566
CCA-diameter, mm
Age-adjusted	7.492 ± 0.017	7.587 ± 0.052	7.530 ± 0.026	7.529 ± 0.087	7.544 ± 0.090	7.788 ± 0.135*	0.035
Multivariate-adjusted†	7.497 ± 0.016	7.577 ± 0.048	7.523 ± 0.023	7.547 ± 0.080	7.531 ± 0.082	7.749 ± 0.123*	0.051
Multivariate-adjusted+HDL‡	7.496 ± 0.016	7.572 ± 0.048	7.525 ± 0.023	7.547 ± 0.080	7.539 ± 0.082	7.764 ± 0.123*	0.036
Multivariate-adjusted+CCA-IMT, plaques¶	7.496 ± 0.015	7.569 ± 0.046	7.526 ± 0.022	7.544 ± 0.076	7.532 ± 0.078	7.784 ± 0.118*	0.020

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.
§Analysis additionally adjusted for CCA-IMT.
¶Analysis additionally adjusted for CCA-IMT and carotid plaques.
∫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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