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

Table 3 Effects of current alcohol drinking on metabolic syndrome features in 3953 Shanghai adults

	Non-drinking (n = 3505)	Current drinking (n = 448)	P value
Age (yr)	54.2 ± 12.4	54.9 ± 10.8	> 0.05
BMI (kg/m2)	24.6 ± 4.39	24.8 ± 3.84	> 0.05
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.84 ± 0.14	0.85 ± 0.15	0.12
SBP (mmHg)	129.0 ± 18.8	132.8 ± 17.2	< 0.001
DBP (mmHg)	81.8 ± 11.9	85.8 ± 10.4	< 0.001
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.36 ± 1.04	1.62 ± 1.38	< 0.001
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.98 ± 0.97	4.91 ± 0.93	0.15
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.49 ± 0.40	1.57 ± 0.41	< 0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.90 ± 0.82	2.73 ± 0.83	< 0.001
FPG (mmol/L)	5.77 ± 1.60	5.98 ± 1.70	< 0.01
Obesity, n (%)	1512 (43.1)	199 (44.2)	0.67
Abdominal obesity, n (%)	1270 (36.2)	129 (28.8)	< 0.01
Hypertension, n (%)	1525 (43.5)	246 (45.9)	< 0.001
Hypertriglyceridemia, n (%)	874 (24.9)	140 (31.3)	< 0.001
Low HDL-C, n (%)	770 (22.0)	72 (16.1)	< 0.05
IFG/IGT, n (%)	950 (27.1)	118 (26.3)	0.24
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)	540 (15.4)	45 (10.0)	< 0.01
Metabolic syndrome, n (%)	841 (24.0)	103 (23.0)	0.09

BMI: Body mass index; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; HDL-C: High-density-lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol; FPG: Fasting plasma glucose; IFG: Impaired fasting glucose; IGT: Impaired glucose tolerance.