Alcohol consumption and metabolic syndrome among Shanghai adults: A randomized multistage stratified cluster sampling investigation

Table 2 Classification of 448 subjects with current alcohol drinking according to alcohol consumption n (%)

	Light drinking	Moderate drinking	Excessive drinking
Total (n = 448)	180 (40.2)	143 (31.9)	125 (27.9)
Male (n = 405)	149 (36.8)	133 (32.8)	123 (30.4)
Female (n = 43)	31 (72.1)	10 (23.3)	2 (4.7)
Age (yr)	54.47 ± 10.80	55.35 ± 11.62	55.05 ± 9.84
Alcohol intake (g/d)	2.60 ± 2.84	17.95 ± 5.07	58.30 ± 80.13

Light drinking is defined as average alcohol consumption of less than 10 g/d, moderate drinking as average daily alcohol consumption of 10-30 g, and excessive drinking as average alcohol consumption of equal to or more than 30 g/d in the past 12 mo.