Genetic Polymorphisms of Alcohol Dehydrogenase and Aldehyde Dehydrogenase: Alcohol Use and Type 2 Diabetes in Japanese Men

<table>Proportions (%) of current alcohol drinkers (hatched bar) and heavy alcohol drinkers (<svg height="10.15" id="M42" style="vertical-align:-0.546pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 14.825 10.15" width="14.825" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,9.413)"><path d="M531 285l-474 -214v56l416 183l-416 184v56l474 -215v-50zM531 -40h-474v50h474v-50z" id="x2265"></path></g>
</svg>60 mL/day, black bar) according to <i>ADH1B</i> Arg47His (a) and <i>ALDH2 </i>Glu487Lys (b) polymorphisms in the control group. Values shown at the top of each bar are percentages of alcohol drinkers.</table>

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Figure 1: Genetic Polymorphisms of Alcohol Dehydrogenase and Aldehyde Dehydrogenase: Alcohol Use and Type 2 Diabetes in Japanese Men 