Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Population from Maracaibo City, Venezuela
Table 9
Adjusted odds ratios for Metabolic Syndrome and its components by drinking pattern conglomerates in males. Maracaibo, 2015.
gr/day
Metabolic Syndrome
High fasting glucose
Low HDL-C
High waist circumference
High blood pressure
High triacylglycerides
OR (95% CI);
OR (95% CI);
OR (95% CI);
OR (95% CI);
OR (95% CI);
OR (95% CI);
Nondrinkers
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
Low intake (1.00–42.60)
1.18 (0.85–1.63); 0.32
1.19 (0.85–1.66); 0.30
0.85 (0.64–1.14); 0.29
1.42 (0.99–2.03); 0.06
1.23 (0.89–1.71); 0.21
1.11 (0.81–1.53); 0.52
Moderate intake (5.76–102.24)
1.46 (0.92–2.32); 0.11
1.41 (0.88–2.25); 0.15
0.61 (0.40–0.94); 0.02
0.97 (0.58–1.61); 0.90
1.83 (1.15–2.92); 0.01
1.15 (0.73–1.81); 0.55
High intake (106.03–408.96)
1.33 (0.51–3.44); 0.56
3.18 (1.25–8.14); 0.02
0.58 (0.25–1.38); 0.22
3.33 (0.92–12.06); 0.07
1.02 (0.39–2.68); 0.97
1.98 (0.79–4.89); 0.14
HDL-C: High-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol. Models adjusted for age groups, ethnic groups, occupational status, educational status, socioeconomic status, family history of hypertension and diabetes, tobacco use, four domains of physical activity, and drinking pattern conglomerates.
