Prevalence and characteristics of alcohol consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in rural China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study aimed to characterize the prevalence of alcohol consumption and further investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods

We studied 39,259 participants aged 18 to 79 years of the Henan Rural Cohort study. The associations between alcohol consumption and T2DM were examined using the logistic regression models and restricted cubic spline.

Results

For men, alcohol abstinence was associated with an increased risk of T2DM (1.491(1.265, 1.758)), whereas current drinkers were not associated with T2DM (1.03(0.91, 1.15)). Further analysis of alcohol drinkers revealed that only high-risk drinkers of WHO drinking risk levels increased the risk of T2DM (1.289(1.061,1.566)) compared to never drinkers. The ri

SUBMITTER: Wu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8428056 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature