Habitual Alcohol Consumption and Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Sleep Disordered Breathing.

Su Jung Choi
Sung Ik Lee
Eun Yeon Joo

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January 2016

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0161276

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Public Library of Science (PLoS)

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PLoS ONE

Abstract

To investigate the associations between amount of habitual alcohol consumption (HAC) and prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS), sleep, and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). We enrolled 683 untreated SDB male patients (age: 54.4 ± 7.80 y, apnea-hypopnea index (AHI): 29.0 ± 21.53/h). HAC was assessed as the average number of drinks consumed per week during the past 12 months. Anthropometric and biochemical markers were used to diagnose MetS. Clinical data and MetS components were compared according to the reported amounts of HAC (no drinking, light drinking <13, heavy drinking ≥13 drinks/week). As reported, 78.9% of the participants (n = 539) were regular drinkers; 33.7% (n = 230) were habitually heavy drinkers (mean: 30.7 drinks/week), and...

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