Alcohol Consumption and Adiposity: A Longitudinal Analysis of 45,399 UK Biobank Participants.

ABSTRACT: The evidence on the association between alcohol consumption and adiposity is inconsistent and fragmented. We investigated the longitudinal association between alcohol consumption pattern and four different adiposity markers with repeated measures of adiposity and obesity incidence. We categorized current drinkers based on the sex-specific quartiles of their weekly alcohol consumption and the UK alcohol drinking guidelines. We used multivariable adjusted generalised linear models. With the exception of a direct association between alcohol volume and body fat percentage (BF%) in women (B = 0.42%; 95%CI: 0.04, 0.80% for women in the top quartile), we found no associations between alcohol consumption and adiposity markers for either sex. Red wine and champagne/white wine consumption were inver

SUBMITTER: Inan-Eroglu E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9565835 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature