Protective effect of alcohol consumption for fatty liver but not metabolic syndrome

Table 3 The linear association between the amount of alcohol consumption and several parameters associated with the metabolic syndrome

	Men		Women
	ρ	P value	ρ	P value
Age, yr	0.11	< 0.001	-0.09	< 0.001
Aspartate aminotransferase, IU/L	0.09	< 0.001	0	0.77
Alanine aminotransferase, IU/L	-0.02	0.08	-0.02	0.05
Gamma-glutamyltransferase, IU/L	0.34	< 0.001	0.08	< 0.001
BMI, kg/m2	-0.01	0.16	-0.02	0.1
Waist circumference, cm	0.04	< 0.001	-0.01	0.32
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	0.14	< 0.001	-0.04	< 0.001
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	0.17	< 0.001	-0.02	0.18
Fasting plasma glucose, mg/dL	0.08	< 0.001	-0.01	0.28
HDL-c, mg/dL	0.23	< 0.001	0.13	< 0.001
LDL-c, mg/dL	-0.13	< 0.001	-0.13	< 0.001
nonHDL-c, mg/dL	-0.08	< 0.001	-0.13	< 0.001
LDL-c/HDL-c ratio	-0.25	< 0.001	-0.17	< 0.001
Triglycerides, mg/dL	0.06	< 0.001	-0.06	< 0.001

The liner association between alcohol consumption and several factors associated with the metabolic syndrome were evaluated by Spearman’s rank correlation in 10 982 men and 7589 women, respectively, and a P value of < 0.05 was accepted as a significant level. BMI: Body mass index; HDL-c: High density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c: Low density lipoprotein cholesterol.