Table 3.

Associations between alcohol drinking pattern and abdominal obesity in normal-weight, middle-aged men (40–69 years); Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008–2013

	Model 1*		Model 2†		Model 3‡
	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
Typical drinking quantity (drinks/typical occasion)
1–2	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
3–4	1·49	0·96, 2·32	1·59	0·96, 2·61	1·53	0·89, 2·64
5–6	1·24	0·76, 2·01	1·31	0·77, 2·22	1·23	0·69, 2·21
7–9	1·66	1·05, 2·63	2·16	1·23, 3·77	2·00	1·08, 3·66
≥10	1·72	1·06, 2·78	2·07	1·19, 3·59	1·86	1·01, 3·41
P for linear trend§	0·224		0·057		0·156
Alcohol drinking frequency in past year
<1/month	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
1/month	1·27	0·64, 2·51	1·20	0·57, 2·50	1·05	0·49, 2·25
2–4/month	1·32	0·75, 2·29	1·15	0·61, 2·15	0·94	0·48, 1·84
2–3/week	1·64	0·96, 2·80	1·59	0·87, 2·89	1·23	0·63, 2·39
≥4/week	1·71	0·97, 3·03	1·63	0·84, 3·15	1·23	0·60, 2·53
P for linear trend§	0·191		0·137		0·323
Binge drinking║
None	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
<1/month	1·06	0·65, 1·74	0·93	0·55, 1·59	0·80	0·44, 1·45
1/month	1·24	0·78, 1·94	1·27	0·77, 2·08	1·02	0·56, 1·88
1/week	1·43	0·95, 2·14	1·38	0·88, 2·17	0·97	0·48, 1·96
Every day	1·73	1·09, 2·72	2·10	1·21, 3·63	1·44	0·64, 3·25
P for linear trend§	0·150		0·002		0·053

Ref., reference category.

^*Unadjusted.

^†Adjusted for age, BMI, physical activity, smoking status, education, income and energy intake.

^‡Adjusted for all variables in Model 2 and other alcohol drinking pattern (typical drinking quantity or alcohol drinking frequency).

^§Significance of P for trend by multiple logistic regression analysis.

^║Binge drinking is defined as consuming ≥7 drinks consecutively on one occasion.