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

Table 5

Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome components by gender and drinking pattern conglomerates. Maracaibo, 2015.

	Hyperglycemia		Low HDL-C		Elevated waist circumference		High blood pressure		High TAG
		%		%		%		%		%
Females (gr/day)
Nondrinkers	253	25.9	635	65.1	769	78.8	354	36.3	236	24.2
Low intake (1.28–39.76)	40	25.0	93	58.1	125	78.1	44	27.5	22	13.8
Moderate intake (6.40–92.77)	7	25.9	19	70.4	24	88.9	9	33.3	7	25.9
High intake (16.13–136.32)	1	11.1	5	55.6	8	88.9	3	33.3	4	44.4
Males (gr/day)
Nondrinkers	165	28.4	304	52.4	401	69.1	242	41.7	176	30.3
Low intake (1.00–42.60)	102	31.1	165	50.3	243	74.1	143	43.6	113	34.5
Moderate intake (5.76–102.24)	42	33.9	56	45.2	84	67.7	60	48.4	46	37.1
High intake (106.03–408.96)	13	50.0	11	42.3	21	80.8	11	42.3	12	46.2

HDL-C: High-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol. TAG: triacylglycerides.
Pearson’s Chi-squared test (p):
Females: hyperglycemia: () = 1.070 (0.78); low HDL-C: () = 3.622 (0.30); elevated waist circumference: () = 2.222 (0.52); high blood pressure: () = 4.693 (0.19); high TAG: () = 10.980 (0.01).
Males: hyperglycemia: () = 6.542 (0.08); low HDL-C: () = 2.956 (0.39); elevated waist circumference: () = 4.298 (0.23); high blood pressure: () = 1.901 (0.59); high TAG: () = 5.13 (0.16).