Serum Glycated Albumin Levels Are Affected by Alcohol in Men of the Jinuo Ethnic Group in China
Table 2
Effects of drinking status on glycated albumin levels (%, mean ± SD).
Groups
Population
No-drinking
Drinking-occasionally
Drinking-frequently
linear
Glucose regulation status
NGR (n = 1612)
13.4 ± 1.3
12.9 ± 1.2
12.7 ± 1.1
<0.001
IGR (n = 494)
13.9 ± 1.6
13.1 ± 1.2
12.9 ± 1.2
<0.001
DM (n = 208)
22.6 ± 10.1
16.5 ± 6.8
14.4 ± 3.7
<0.001
FIB-4
<1.45 (n = 1548)
13.6 ± 3.1
12.9 ± 1.9
12.7 ± 1.6
<0.001
≥1.45 (n = 766)
14.8 ± 4.1
13.9 ± 2.9
13.3 ± 1.8
<0.001
Age group
18–39 years (n = 1178)
13.0 ± 1.9
12.7 ± 1.2
12.5 ± 1.2
<0.001
40–59 years (n = 872)
14.1 ± 3.3
13.9 ± 3.5
13.1 ± 1.8
<0.001
≥60 years (n = 264)
15.7 ± 5.4
14.5 ± 2.2
14.2 ± 2.4
0.001
Smoking status
No-smoking (n = 390)
13.7 ± 1.9
13.1 ± 3.1
13.0 ± 2.0
<0.001
Smoking-occasionally (n = 214)
15.2 ± 5.2
13.4 ± 1.6
13.2 ± 2.1
0.001
Smoking-frequently (n = 1710)
14.3 ± 4.4
13.2 ± 2.2
12.9 ± 1.6
<0.001
Body fat
<25% (n = 1953)
14.1 ± 3.6
13.2 ± 2.1
13.0 ± 1.4
<0.001
≥25% (n = 361)
14.2 ± 4.4
13.1 ± 3.2
12.7 ± 2.5
0.003
Significantly different between the subjects who were not drinking and who were drinking frequently. DM, diabetes mellitus; IGR, impaired glucose regulation; NGR, normal glucose regulation.
