Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Population from Maracaibo City, Venezuela

Table 1

Characteristics of general population by gender. Maracaibo, 2015.

	Females		Males		Total
	= 1172		= 1058		= 2230
		%		%		%
Age groups (years)
18–29	349	29.8	413	39.0	762	34.2
30–44	325	27.7	297	28.1	622	27.9
45–59	346	29.5	259	24.5	605	27.1
≥60	152	13.0	89	8.4	241	10.8
Ethnic groups
Mixed	876	74.7	816	77.1	1692	75.9
Hispanic white	191	16.3	161	15.2	352	15.8
Afro-Venezuelan	30	2.6	36	3.4	66	3.0
Amerindian	62	5.3	44	4.2	106	4.8
Others	13	1.1	1	0.1	14	0.6
Alcohol intake quartiles
Nondrinkers	976	83.3	582	55.0
Quartile 1	53	4.5	119	11.2	—	—
Quartile 2	45	3.8	145	13.7	—	—
Quartile 3	58	4.9	89	8.4	—	—
Quartile 4	40	3.4	123	11.6	—	—
Alcohol intake pattern (conglomerates)
Nondrinkers	976	83.3	580	54.8	—	—
Low intake	160	13.7	328	31.0	—	—
Moderate intake	27	2.3	124	11.7	—	—
High intake	9	0.8	26	2.5	—	—
Metabolic Syndrome	474	40.4	472	44.6	946	42.4
High blood pressure	410	35.0	456	43.1	866	38.8
Hyperglycemia	301	25.7	322	30.4	623	27.9
Low HDL-C	752	64.2	536	50.7	1288	57.8
High triacylglycerides	269	23.0	347	32.8	616	27.6
Abdominal obesity	926	79.0	749	70.8	1675	75.1
Body Mass Index classification (kg/m^2)
<24.9	420	35,8	275	26,0	695	31,2
25.0–29.9	371	31,7	415	39,2	786	35,2
≥30.0	381	32,5	368	34,8	749	33,6

According IDF/AHA/NHLBI/WHF/IAS/IASO 2009 criteria.