Different types of alcoholic beverages and incidence of metabolic syndrome and its components in a Mediterranean cohort

• Published in: Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) Scotland), 2013-10, Vol.32 (5), p.797-804
• Main Authors: Barrio-Lopez, Maria T, Bes-Rastrollo, Maira, Sayon-Orea, Carmen, Garcia-Lopez, Martin, Fernandez-Montero, Alejandro, Gea, Alfredo, Martinez-Gonzalez, Miguel A
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Alcohol consumption; alcohol drinking; Alcoholic Beverages - adverse effects; Alcoholism; Alcoholism and acute alcohol poisoning; beers; Biological and medical sciences; Cholesterol, HDL - blood; Cohort; Cohort Studies; Diet - adverse effects; Diet - ethnology; fasting; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; glucose; Glucose Intolerance - blood; Glucose Intolerance - epidemiology; Glucose Intolerance - ethnology; Glucose Intolerance - etiology; high density lipoprotein cholesterol; Humans; hypertriglyceridemia; Hypertriglyceridemia - blood; Hypertriglyceridemia - epidemiology; Hypertriglyceridemia - ethnology; Hypertriglyceridemia - etiology; Hypoalphalipoproteinemias - ethnology; Hypoalphalipoproteinemias - prevention & control; Incidence; Lost to Follow-Up; Male; Medical sciences; Metabolic syndrome; Metabolic Syndrome - blood; Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology; Metabolic Syndrome - ethnology; Metabolic Syndrome - etiology; Prediabetic State - blood; Prediabetic State - epidemiology; Prediabetic State - ethnology; Prediabetic State - etiology; Prospective Studies; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; questionnaires; risk; Risk Factors; Spain - epidemiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Toxicology; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; wines
• ISSN: 0261-5614; 1532-1983
• DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.12.002

Summary Background & aims We prospectively assessed the association between alcohol consumption and the incidence of Metabolic Syndrome (MS) in a Mediterranean cohort. Methods We included 8103 (mean age: 35.4 years) University graduates free of any MS criteria and followed-up during ≥6 years. Alcohol consumption was collected with a validated 136-item food frequency questionnaire. New-onset cases of MS were defined according to the updated harmonizing criteria. Results We observed 341 incident cases of MS. Consumers of ≥7 drinks/wk presented a significantly higher risk of developing MS (aOR: 1.80; 95% CI: 1.22–2.66; p