[Actual condition of alcohol intake and its effects on lifestyle-related disease in health checkup].
Actual condition of alcohol intake was investigated in forty four thousand one hundred and twenty six individuals who visited the Tokai University Hospital Health Checkup Center from 1989 to 2003. Effects of alcohol intake were also examined in relation to several risk factors for lifestyle-related diseases. The male drinkers who took more than 1 gou of sake per a day were recognized in 53.0% from 1989 to 1991, and decreased to 46.3% from 2001 to 2003. The female drinkers were found in approximately 10%, and remained unchanged during the 15-year survey period. When examined by age, the frequency of habitual drinking among males was 34.4% in the age of 20 years, and then increased to 45% in the 30 years, leading to the peak (54.1%) in the 40 years. In females, the frequency was 27.5% in the age of 20 years, but decreased to 10.9% in the 30 years. The prevalence of systolic hypertension, diastolic hypertension, hyperuricemia, high levels of HbAlc, and hypertriglyceridemia was significantly (P < 0.0001) increased with an increase in alcohol intake. The prevalence of obesity, fatty liver and hyperglycemia at fasting was markedly (P < 0.0001) increased in the drinkers whose intake was more than 2 gou per a day. These findings indicate that habitual drinking may be associated with risk factors for lifestyle-related diseases, such as obesity, fatty liver, hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia and hyperuricemia.
Kojima
Seiichiro
S
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University, School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara 259-1193, Japan.
Watanabe
Norihito
N
Shiraishi
Koichi
K
Tetsuya
Mine
M
Matsuzaki
Shohei
S
Homma
Yasuhiko
Y
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D005235:Fatty Liver, Alcoholic / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000209:etiology*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D033461:Hyperuricemia / Q000209:etiology; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors