Table 2.

OR of type 2 diabetes in relation to alcohol intake, results from ESTRID, 2010–2013.

	Cases/controls	All		Cases/controls	Men	Cases/controls	Women
OR a (95% CI)	OR b (95% CI)	OR b (95% CI)	OR b (95% CI)
Alcohol intake (g/day)
Non-drinkers c	106/94	1.22 (0.88–1.70)	1.34 (0.89–2.00)	48/34	1.18 (0.65–2.15)	58/60	1.46 (0.84–2.53)
0.01–4.9	305/343	Reference	Reference	138/107	Reference	167/236	Reference
5–14.9	177/340	0.53 (0.42–0.69)	0.56 (0.41–0.77)	127/169	0.58 (0.38–0.88)	50/171	0.49 (0.31–0.79)
15–24.9	83/130	0.62 (0.44–0.86)	0.59 (0.39–0.87)	69/75	0.62 (0.37–1.02)	14/55	0.46 (0.22–0.98)
≥25	93/105	0.76 (0.54–1.06)	0.58 (0.38–0.88)	80/83	0.51 (0.31–0.84)	13/22	1.26 (0.49–3.26)
Alcohol intake (per 5 g/day)		0.98 (0.95–1.01)	0.95 (0.92–0.99)		0.96 (0.92–0.99)		0.94 (0.85–1.04)
Frequency of alcohol intake d
≤1 time/month	147/159	Reference	Reference	56/50	Reference	91/109	Reference
2–3 times/month	186/230	0.78 (0.58–1.07)	0.80 (0.55–1.17)	109/85	0.88 (0.48–1.60)	77/145	0.79 (0.47–1.32)
1–2 times/week	199/323	0.54 (0.39–0.73)	0.56 (0.38–0.82)	145/173	0.61 (0.35–1.06)	54/150	0.47 (0.25–0.86)
3–6 times/week	94/169	0.40 (0.27–0.59)	0.49 (0.31–0.79)	77/101	0.51 (0.27–0.97)	17/68	0.43 (0.17–1.07)
≥1 time/day	32/37	0.46 (0.24–0.88)	0.67 (0.30–1.46)	27/25	0.55 (0.21–1.45)	5/12	1.04 (0.24–4.51)
Alcoholic beverages	658/918			414/434		244/484
Beer (per 5 g/day)		1.00 (0.96–1.04)	1.01 (0.96–1.06)		1.02 (0.97–1.07)		1.02 (0.71–1.48)
Wine (per 5 g/day)		0.96 (0.92–1.00)	0.94 (0.90–0.99)		0.95 (0.89–1.00)		0.92 (0.83–1.03)
Liquor (per 5 g/day)		1.01 (0.96–1.05)	1.00 (0.94–1.05)		0.99 (0.94–1.05)		1.18 (0.79–1.78)

^aAdjusted for age and sex.

^bAdjusted for age, sex, BMI, family history of diabetes, smoking, and education.

^cNon-drinkers including abstainers and former drinkers.

^dAnalyses were run only in alcohol drinkers; additional adjustment for total alcohol intake.