Table 2.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and medical components of metabolic syndrome based on alcohol consumption status

	Less or non-alcohol drinkers (n 1999)		Frequent alcohol drinkers (n 854)
	n	%	n	%	P *
MetS	514	25·7	284	33·3	< 0·001
MetS score†
0	1485	74·3	570	66·7	< 0·001
1	289	14·5	150	17·6
2	164	8·2	107	12·5
3	61	3·1	27	3·2

MetS, metabolic syndrome.

^*Statistical value was obtained from χ ² test.

^†MetS score: 0, less than 3 medical components; 1, 3 medical components; 2, 4 medical components; 3, 5 medical components.