The Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Incidence of Glycometabolic Abnormality in Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese Men
Table 6
Multivariate logistic regression analysis of diabetes (light, moderate, and heavy alcohol consumption as three separate variables).
Beta
SE
OR (95% CI)
Age (50–59)
0.805
0.247
2.237 (1.379–3.631)
0.001
Age (60–69)
0.691
0.266
1.995 (1.185–3.360)
0.001
Age (>70)
1.061
0.296
2.888 (1.617–5.160)
<0.001
Drinking (light consumption)
0.449
0.271
1.567 (0.921–2.666)
0.100
Drinking (moderate consumption)
0.424
0.324
1.527 (0.810–2.881)
0.341
Drinking (heavy consumption)
0.406
0.388
1.501 (0.702–3.209)
0.623
Smoking
−0.255
0.190
0.775 (0.534–1.126)
0.316
Overweight
0.662
0.209
1.939 (1.287–2.922)
0.001
Obesity
1.130
0.243
3.093 (1.920–4.984)
<0.001
Education = 2
−1.273
0.739
0.280 (0.066–1.192)
0.328
Education = 3
−0.604
0.638
0.547 (0.156–1.910)
0.299
Education = 4
−0.570
0.637
0.565 (0.162–1.969)
0.375
Education = 5
−0.617
0.639
0.540 (0.154–1.887)
0.422
Family history of DM
−0.141
0.277
0.868 (0.504–1.494)
0.397
Calorie intake
−0.190
0.173
0.827 (0.589–1.162)
0.212
Physical activity
−0.125
0.186
1.086 (0.612–1.272)
0.410
SBP
0.003
0.004
1.003 (0.995–1.011)
0.131
HDL
0.107
0.280
1.113 (0.643–1.927)
0.224
Education: 1 = illiteracy, 0 years of education; 2 = elementary school level, 6 years of education; 3 = middle school level, 9 years of education; 4 = high school level, 12 years of education; 5 = university level or higher, 16 years of education or higher. There is a statistical significant difference between drinkers and nondrinkers ().
