title: Association between alcohol consumption and metabolic syndrome in 19,215 middle-aged and elderly Chinese.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the association of alcohol consumption with metabolic syndrome (Mets) in a Chinese population.
  
  
  METHODS
  A community-based cross-sectional study was performed in 19,215 participants aged 40 years or over in Shanghai of China during June 2008-April 2009. Information about the alcohol consumption including quantity and type of alcoholic beverage was obtained using a standard questionnaire. Physical examination was performed and fasting blood samples were obtained for the measurements of biochemical indicators.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In male wine-only consumers, after adjusted for age, sex, BMI, education levels, exercise and smoking habit, severe alcohol consumption (≥ 50.0 g/d), compared with non-alcohol consumption, conferred 53% increased risk of having MetS. In women, alcohol consumption did not have relation to the prevalence of Mets. In the beer-only, liquor-only and mixed type consumers, no significant associations between MetS or its components and the quantity of alcohol consumption were detected.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggest that excessive wine consumption (alcohol ≥ 50.0 g/d) is associated with higher prevalence of MetS in Chinese men.
authors: Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors: Lina
authors: L
authors: Jin
authors: Yun
authors: Y
authors: Huang
authors: Yufang
authors: Y
authors: Bi
authors: Liebin
authors: L
authors: Zhao
authors: Min
authors: M
authors: Xu
authors: Yu
authors: Y
authors: Xu
authors: Yuhong
authors: Y
authors: Chen
authors: Lina
authors: L
authors: Gu
authors: Meng
authors: M
authors: Dai
authors: Yaohua
authors: Y
authors: Wu
authors: Jianing
authors: J
authors: Hou
authors: Xiaoying
authors: X
authors: Li
authors: Guang
authors: G
authors: Ning
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged