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. 2018 Apr 5;28(4):185–193. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20160189

Table 3. Increase in serum lipid levels with an increase of alcohol intake by 10 g/day according to the genotypes of ADH1B and ALDH2 in the main studya.

  Loge-triglycerides (mg/dL) Loge-HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)



n β (95% Cl) n β (95% Cl) n β (95% Cl)
All 889 0.006 (−0.006 to 0.018) 889 0.024 (0.019–0.030) 872 −1.47 (−2.20 to −0.75)
Genotypes
ADH1B (rs1229984)
  His/His 517 0.017 (0.001–0.032) 517 0.024 (0.017–0.032) 508 −1.59 (−2.56 to −0.62)
   P for interaction     reference     reference     reference
  His/Arg or Arg/Arg 372 −0.005 (−0.024 to 0.014) 372 0.025 (0.016–0.033) 364 −1.30 (−2.40 to −0.19)
   P for interaction     0.020     0.609     0.871
ALDH2 (rs671)
  Glu/Glu 482 0.002 (−0.014 to 0.018) 482 0.025 (0.017–0.032) 470 −0.73 (−1.72 to 0.25)
   P for interaction     reference     reference     reference
  Glu/Lys or Lys/Lys 407 0.004 (−0.019 to 0.027) 407 0.021 (0.010–0.032) 402 −2.49 (−3.85 to −1.13)
   P for interaction     0.772     0.667     0.006

CI, confidence interval; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.

aDetermined by linear regression analysis adjusted for age, physical activity, body mass index, energy intake, study area, education, diabetes and smoking status as covariates.