Table 1.

Clinical background of 162 young adult drinkers (ages 22–29) and 35 adolescent non-drinkers (ages 18–19).

Parameter	Non-drinkers (age 18–19)	Drinkers (age 22–29)
	None (n = 35)	Light (n = 63)	Moderate (n = 66)	Heavy (n = 33)
Age (years)	18.5 ± 0.1	23.8 ± 0.3**	23.9 ± 0.3**	24.2 ± 0.4**
BMI (kg/m2)	21.1 ± 0.5	20.9 ± 0.3	20.8 ± 0.3	21.4 ± 0.4
BW (kg)	61.7 ± 1.5	62.2 ± 1.0	62.3 ± 1.0	65.3 ± 1.5
SBP (mmHg)	118.7 ± 2.1	119.6 ± 1.5	124.1 ± 1.4*	123.7 ± 1.9
DBP (mmHg)	66.9 ± 1.3	73.1 ± 1.1**	75.2 ± 1.2**	73.2 ± 1.5*
Alcohol consumption (g/kg/week)		0.13 ± 0.01	0.87 ± 0.05##	2.97 ± 0.32##††
Daily average consumtion (g/kg/day)		0.08 ± 0.01	0.28 ± 0.01##	0.58 ± 0.06##††
Frequency (days/week)		1.4 ± 0.1	3.4 ± 0.2##	5.2 ± 0.3##††
AST (U/L)	20.4 ± 0.7	19.7 ± 0.7	20.8 ± 0.9	20.0 ± 1.6
ALT (U/L)	18.7 ± 1.4	18.5 ± 1.4	20.4 ± 1.6	19.6 ± 3.5
GGT (U/L)	19.9 ± 1.2	22.5 ± 1.4	30.0 ± 2.9*	29.3 ± 3.3*#
TG (mg/dL)	45.5 ± 2.4	94.7 ± 5.2**	85.4 ± 6.4**#	107.0 ± 17.5**
HDL-C (mg/dL)	62.5 ± 1.8	59.6 ± 1.5	62.8 ± 1.5	64.6 ± 2.2
LDL-C (mg/dL)	96.3 ± 4.8	106.2 ± 3.4*	103.0 ± 3.5	103.6 ± 4.6
UA (mg/dL)	5.6 ± 0.1	5.7 ± 0.1	5.6 ± 0.1	6.1 ± 0.2*†
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.83 ± 0.01	0.83 ± 0.01	0.83 ± 0.01	0.84 ± 0.02
CRP (mg/dL)	0.05 ± 0.03	0.03 ± 0.00	0.05 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.01
Platelet count (10,000/µL)	28.6 ± 1.0	24.3 ± 0.6**	26.3 ± 0.6*	24.4 ± 0.7*
FBS (mg/dL)	79.7 ± 0.8	84.5 ± 1.7	82.5 ± 0.8*	93.5 ± 7.3**†
MCV (fL)	92.8 ± 0.5	93.0 ± 0.4	94.0 ± 0.4	95.0 ± 0.7*#

*p < 0.05 compared with non-drinkers **p < 0.001 compared with non-drinkers.

#p < 0.05 compared with light drinkers among drinkers ##p < 0.001 compared with light drinkers among drinkers.

†p < 0.05 High drinkers compared with moderate drinkers ††p < 0.001 High drinkers compared with moderate drinkers.

Values are presented as means ± SEM.