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.
- Author:
Ji Hyun KIM
1
;
Jeong Im HA
;
Jae Min PARK
;
Ji Sun LEE
;
Ah Leum AHN
;
Eun Jung OH
;
Jae Kyung CHOI
;
Hyuk Jung KWEON
;
Dong Yung CHO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Aged; Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; Metabolic Syndrome; Cross-Sectional Studies
- MeSH: Adult; Aged*; Alcohol Drinking; Blood Glucose; Blood Pressure; Confounding Factors (Epidemiology); Cross-Sectional Studies; Drinking*; Fasting; Humans; Lipoproteins; Male; Nutrition Surveys*; Odds Ratio; Prevalence; Triglycerides; Waist Circumference
- From:Korean Journal of Family Medicine 2018;39(4):233-238
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- 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.
