Association between alcohol consumption status and obesity-related comorbidities in men: data from the 2016 Korean community health survey

Table 1 Characteristics according to alcohol consumption status

	Alcohol consumption, standard drinks per week						P value
	Total	None	0 < to 6	7 to < 14	14 to < 28	≥28	P value
n (%)	103,048 (100)	21,331 (20.7)	41,781 (46.4)	8908 (8.6)	15,147 (14.7)	15,881 (15.4)
Age, yr	46.2 ± 0.1	56.1 ± 0.2	44.1 ± 0.1	41.0 ± 0.2	47.6 ± 0.1	44.6 ± 0.1	< 0.0001
BMI, kg/m² (%)	24.11 ± 0.01	23.67 ± 0.03	23.98 ± 0.02	24.57 ± 0.03	24.08 ± 0.03	24.59 ± 0.03	< 0.0001
≥ 25	33.05	27.73	32.08	38.43	32.61	40.17
< 25	66.95	72.27	67.92	61.57	67.39	59.83
Smoking (%)							< 0.0001
Current smoker	37.20	23.37	32.04	43.29	47.39	56.20
Ex-smoker	37.87	47.04	36.37	33.19	37.80	32.21
Never smoker	24.93	29.59	31.59	23.52	14.81	11.59
Exercise (%)							< 0.0001
None	60.62	68.23	58.65	57.18	58.12	59.90
< 3 times per wk	12.48	7.74	13.93	14.44	13.87	12.64
≥ 3 times per wk	26.89	24.03	27.42	28.38	28.01	27.46
Education (%)							< 0.0001
≤ High school	65.41	79.23	59.90	58.49	64.56	66.04
≥ University	30.63	16.90	35.29	37.76	32.02	31.47
≥ Graduate school	3.96	3.87	4.81	3.75	3.42	2.49
Monthly household income^a (US dollars) (%)							< 0.0001
Low	33.19	54.69	29.43	23.89	28.07	24.32
Low-middle	36.90	29.02	37.61	40.42	39.66	40.99
Middle-high	19.01	10.31	20.71	23.18	20.78	22.19
High	10.90	5.98	12.25	12.51	11.49	12.50
Psychiatric problem (%)	1.62	2.10	1.57	1.48	1.22	1.59	< 0.0001
Obesity^f (%)	33.05	27.73	32.08	38.43	32.61	40.17	< 0.0001
Hypertension (%)	25.58	34.00	21.72	20.77	26.98	25.79	< 0.0001
Diabetes (%)	11.29	17.89	9.69	8.46	9.53	9.89	< 0.0001
Dyslipidemia (%)	14.14	15.36	13.36	13.67	14.18	14.75	< 0.0001

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or %
BMI, body mass index; ^fBody mass index ≥25
^aMonthly household income (US dollars): low < 1850, low-middle 1850 to 3699, middle-high 3700 to 5549, high ≥5550

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