Inverse associations between light-to-moderate alcohol intake and lipid-related indices in patients with diabetes

Table 2 The odds ratios for the high LDL-C/HDL-C ratio, high TG/HDL-C ratio and high LAP of the light, moderate and heavy drinker groups vs. the nondrinker group in subjects with diabetes

	Nondrinkers	Light drinkers	Moderate drinkers	Heavy drinkers
High LDL-C/HDL-C ratio
Crude OR	1.00	0.68 (0.43-1.07)	0.22 (0.14-0.34)**	0.11 (0.05-0.21)**
Adjusted OR	1.00	0.80 (0.50-1.29)	0.24 (0.15-0.38)**	0.10 (0.05-0.19)**
High TG/HDL-C ratio
Crude OR	1.00	0.47 (0.32-0.69)**	0.65 (0.50-0.84)**	0.77 (0.58-1.03)##
Adjusted OR	1.00	0.54 (0.36-0.80)**	0.73 (0.56-0.97)*	0.72 (0.53-0.98)*
High LAP
Crude OR	1.00	0.51 (0.34-0.76)**	0.73 (0.56-0.96)*	1.23 (0.92-1.63)
Adjusted OR	1.00	0.66 (0.43-1.02)#	0.82 (0.61-1.10)	1.29 (0.95-1.77)

The crude and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) are shown with their 95% confidence intervals indicated in the parentheses. The adjusted odds ratios for the high LDL-C/HDL-C ratio, high TG/HDL-C ratio, and high LAP of each drinker group vs. nondrinkers were calculated using age, smoking, regular exercise and drug therapy for diabetes as other explanatory variables. Body weight was also used as an explanatory variable to calculate the adjusted odds ratios for high LDL-C/HDL-C ratio and high TG/HDL-C ratio. Symbols denote significantly lower odds ratios compared with a reference level of 1.00 (*, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01). Marginally significant differences from the reference level (#, p = 0.060; ##, p = 0.077).

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