Korean J Fam Med.
2018 Jul;39(4):233-238. 10.4082/kjfm.17.0024.
Association of High-Risk Drinking with Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components in Elderly Korean Men: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2010–2012
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- 1Department of Family Medicine, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Family Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. milkcandy82@naver.com
- KMID: 2429091
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.17.0024
Abstract
- BACKGROUND
Previous studies have examined the association between alcohol consumption and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in adults, but studies in the elderly are lacking. We examined the relationship between high-risk alcohol consumption and MetS in elderly Korean men using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) questionnaire from the 2010-2012 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
METHODS
Among 25,534 subjects, 2,807 were men >60 years of age; after exclusions, we included 2,088 men in the final analysis. We categorized the study participants into three groups according to AUDIT score: low risk (0-7), intermediate risk (8-14), and high risk (≥15 points).
RESULTS
Among the study population, 17.0% of the men were high-risk drinkers, who had the highest mean waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), and triglyceride (TG) levels. The overall prevalence of MetS was 41.9% in the elderly men, and it was significantly higher in the group with high (48.3%) versus low (31.9%) AUDIT scores. The prevalence of MetS components (elevated BP, high FPG, high TG, and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) was associated with a high AUDIT score. The odds ratios (95% confidence interval) of the high-risk group for MetS, elevated BP, and high TG were 1.40 (1.03-1.89), 1.82 (1.28-2.60), and 1.77 (1.30-2.41) after adjustment for confounding variables.
CONCLUSION
AUDIT score was correlated with most MetS components in elderly Korean men.
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