Table 4. Associations between alcohol consumption and T2DM risk*.
| No. of diabetescases | HR** | 95% CI | HR*** | 95%CI | |
| Alcohol consumption | |||||
| Non-drinker | 893 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Occasional/light (<1 drink/day) | 74 | 0.88 | 0.69–1.11 | 0.88 | 0.70–1.12 |
| Moderate (1–<3 drinks/day) | 172 | 0.81 | 0.68–0.96 | 0.80 | 0.67–0.94 |
| Heavy (≥3 drinks/day) | 102 | 0.98 | 0.79–1.21 | 0.91 | 0.74–1.13 |
| Wine | |||||
| None | 978 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| <1 drink/day | 116 | 0.81 | 0.67–0.99 | 0.82 | 0.67–0.99 |
| 1–<3 drinks/day | 108 | 0.82 | 0.67–1.01 | 0.80 | 0.65–0.97 |
| ≥3 drinks/day | 39 | 1.02 | 0.74–1.41 | 0.93 | 0.67–1.29 |
| Beer | |||||
| None | 1054 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| <1 drink/day | 146 | 0.95 | 0.80–1.14 | 0.98 | 0.82–1.16 |
| ≥1 drink/day | 41 | 0.94 | 0.68–1.29 | 0.95 | 0.69–1.31 |
| Liquor | |||||
| None | 1144 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| <1 drink/day | 25 | 1.07 | 0.72–1.59 | 1.07 | 0.72–1.59 |
| ≥1 drink/day | 72 | 0.98 | 0.76–1.25 | 0.93 | 0.73–1.19 |
*
Ex-drinkers were excluded from analysis.
**
Model 1: Adjusted for age, energy intake, physical activity METs, smoking, education level, occupation, income level, hypertension, and family history of diabetes.
**
Model 2: As above plus BMI and WHR.