title: High-risk drinking is associated with dyslipidemia in a different way, based on the 2010-2012 KNHANES.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) questionnaire is a simple and useful method for the early detection of hazardous and harmful drinking. In this study, we examined the association between alcohol drinking pattern and dyslipidemia in Korean adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study included 14,308 participants who took part in the 2010-2012 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. We categorized alcohol drinking patterns into three groups. We classified dyslipidemia into hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypo-HDL-cholesterolemia, hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia, and hyper-non-HDL-cholesterolemia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of those who participated, 25.1% of men and 4.8% of women were high-risk drinkers. Compared with the low-risk group, Odd Ratios for hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia in the high-risk group were 1.198 (1.001-1.434) and 1.979 (1.622-2.413) for men. Odd Ratios for hypo-HDL-cholesterolemia in the high-risk group was 0.351 (0.279-0.441) in men and 0.413 (0.291-0.586) in women. Compared with the low-risk participants, the high-risk group was associated with higher prevalence and increased risk for hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia in both sexes (1.541 [1.467-1.913] for men and 1.631 [1.034-2.575] for women).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High-risk drinking was associated with higher risk for hypertriglyceridemia and hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia in both sexes and hypercholesterolemia in men but lower risk for hypo-HDL-cholesterolemia in both sexes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yu-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Eun
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Yong-in Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yong-in City, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Byoung-Jin
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheonju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jang-Whan
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheonju, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: kanght0818@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hee-Taik
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D015995:Prevalence; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: AUDIT; Alcohol; Dyslipidemia; Prevalence