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. 2018 Mar 5;28(3):117–124. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20170021

Table 4. Odds ratio for impaired fasting glucose and diabetes mellitus according to average alcohol consumption in polychotomous logistic regression analysis.

  Men Women


Average alcohol consumption

Model 1a IFG DM IFG DM




  Number of cases OR (95% CI) P value Number of cases OR (95% CI) P value Number of cases OR (95% CI) P value Number of cases OR (95% CI) P value
≥30 g/day n = 462 2.00 (1.66–2.40) <0.001 n = 95 2.65 (1.88–3.74) <0.001 n = 42 2.11 (1.42–3.15) <0.001 n = 4 1.33 (0.42–4.26) 0.627
15.0–29.9 g/day n = 470 1.50 (1.26–1.79) <0.001 n = 87 1.89 (1.31–2.72) 0.001 n = 90 2.47 (1.82–3.35) <0.001 n = 9 0.83 (0.39–1.78) 0.632
5.0–14.9 g/day n = 396 1.29 (1.07–1.56) 0.008 n = 83 1.44 (1.02–2.05) 0.040 n = 130 1.37 (1.07–1.75) 0.013 n = 21 1.01 (0.61–1.67) 0.978
0–4.9 g/day n = 573 1   n = 109 1   n = 945 1   n = 227 1  
Past drinkers n = 236 1.04 (0.83–1.30) 0.723 n = 55 1.23 (0.81–1.86) 0.332 n = 308 0.87 (0.73–1.03) 0.108 n = 87 1.07 (0.79–1.46) 0.650
Lifetime abstainers n = 86 0.74 (0.53–1.03) 0.071 n = 21 1.12 (0.64–1.95) 0.693 n = 445 0.97 (0.82–1.16) 0.759 n = 126 1.10 (0.81–1.49) 0.537

Model 2b IFG DM IFG DM

≥30 g/day n = 462 1.86 (1.54–2.26) <0.001 n = 95 2.37 (1.67–3.36) <0.001 n = 42 2.00 (1.32–3.02) 0.001 n = 4 1.11 (0.35–3.48) 0.861
15.0–29.9 g/day n = 470 1.39 (1.17–1.66) <0.001 n = 87 1.65 (1.14–2.40) 0.009 n = 90 2.36 (1.74–3.21) <0.001 n = 9 0.70 (0.32–1.56) 0.383
5.0–14.9 g/day n = 396 1.29 (1.06–1.56) 0.011 n = 83 1.44 (1.01–2.05) 0.043 n = 130 1.33 (1.03–1.71) 0.028 n = 21 0.93 (0.55–1.56) 0.786
0–4.9 g/day n = 573 1   n = 109 1   n = 945 1   n = 227 1  
Past drinkers n = 236 1.07 (0.85–1.34) 0.561 n = 55 1.24 (0.82–1.87) 0.312 n = 308 0.89 (0.75–1.06) 0.175 n = 87 1.08 (0.79–1.49) 0.617
Lifetime abstainers n = 86 0.74 (0.53–1.04) 0.078 n = 21 1.03 (0.58–1.82) 0.933 n = 445 0.99 (0.84–1.17) 0.900 n = 126 1.12 (0.83–1.52) 0.466

CI, confidence interval; DM, diabetes mellitus; IFG, impaired fasting glucose; OR, odds ratio; SE, standard error.

aModel 1: Adjusted for age.

bModel 2: Adjusted for age, body mass index, smoking status, household income, educational level, physical activity, family history of diabetes mellitus, and hypercholesterolemia.