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

Table 4 Effects of alcohol consumption on metabolic syndrome features in 448 subjects with current drinking according to the amount of alcohol consumption

	Light drinking (n = 180)	Moderate drinking (n = 143)	Excessive drinking(n = 125)	P value
BMI (kg/m2)	24.9 ± 3.25	24.7 ± 4.59	24.9 ± 3.72	> 0.05
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.85 ± 0.12	0.86 ± 0.14	0.84 ± 0.18	> 0.05
SBP (mmHg)	132.3 ± 16.6	132.6 ± 17.1	133.7 ± 18.3	< 0.05
DBP (mmHg)	85.7 ± 10.1	85.4 ± 9.4	86.5 ± 12.0	> 0.05
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.47 ± 1.12	1.77 ± 1.61	1.66 ± 1.41	> 0.05
TC (mmol/L)	4.92 ± 0.92	4.86 ± 0.92	4.96 ± 0.94	> 0.05
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.56 ± 0.39	1.57 ± 0.39	1.60 ± 0.44	< 0.05
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.74 ± 0.79	2.72 ± 0.77	2.71 ± 0.92	< 0.05
FPG (mmol/L)	5.92 ± 1.46	5.96 ± 1.60	6.09 ± 2.10	< 0.01
Obesity, n (%)	84 (46.7)	60 (42.0)	55 (44.0)	> 0.05
Abdominal obesity, n (%)	66 (36.7)	34 (23.8)	29 (23.2)	< 0.05
Hypertension, n (%)	100 (55.6)	73 (51.1)	73 (58.4)	> 0.05
Hypertriglyceridemia, n (%)	53 (29.4)	46 (32.2)	41 (32.8)	< 0.05
Low HDL-C, n (%)	36 (20.0)	24 (16.8)	12 (9.6)	< 0.01
IFG/IGT, n (%)	43 (23.9)	43 (30.1)	32 (25.6)	> 0.05
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)	21 (11.7)	1 (0.70)	10 (8.0)	> 0.05
Metabolic syndrome, n (%)	46 (25.6)	32 (22.4)	25 (20.0)	< 0.05

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. P value for trend analysis reflects the overall difference among the three groups.