TY - JOUR
T1 - Is there a link between different types of alcoholic drinks and obesity? An analysis of 280,183 UK biobank participants
AU - Inan-Eroglu, Elif
AU - Powell, Lauren
AU - Hamer, Mark
AU - O’donovan, Gary
AU - Duncan, Mitch J.
AU - Stamatakis, Emmanuel
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: We would like to thank the study participants for their time and the UK Biobank for making this invaluable data resource available to the global research community. MJD is supported by a Career Development Fellowship (APP1141606) from the National Health and Medical Research Council. ES is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellowship; and a University of Sydney SOAR fellowship.
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PY - 2020/7/2
Y1 - 2020/7/2
N2 - Understanding the associations between types of alcoholic drinks and adiposity has public health relevance, considering that adult overweight and obesity prevalence are increasing worldwide. We aimed to evaluate the association between overall alcohol consumption and types of alcohol drinks with markers of adiposity from the UK Biobank baseline data (n = 280,183, 48.3% female). Generalized linear models were used to examine the associations between alcohol consumption with body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage. Those drinking within the public health guidelines had a lower BMI by 1.34 kg/m2 (95% CI 1.42, 1.26 kg/m2) compared to never drinkers. Association between alcohol consumption and body fat percentage were not statistically significant. Compared to those who never drink wines (red wine, champagne and fortified wine), drinkers of these alcoholic beverages had lower BMI (difference of −0.75 kg/m2, 95% CI −0.78, −0.72 kg/m2; −0.48 kg/m2, 95% CI −0.52, −0.45 kg/m2; and −0.24 kg/m2, 95% CI −0.29, −0.18 kg/m2, respectively). Beer and spirits drinkers had higher BMI compared to never drinkers of beer and spirits (difference of 0.18 kg/m2, 95% CI 0.14, 0.22 kg/m2 and 0.64 kg/m2, 95% CI 0.61, 0.68 kg/m2, respectively). Our data did not find a link between alcohol drinking and higher risk of obesity.
AB - Understanding the associations between types of alcoholic drinks and adiposity has public health relevance, considering that adult overweight and obesity prevalence are increasing worldwide. We aimed to evaluate the association between overall alcohol consumption and types of alcohol drinks with markers of adiposity from the UK Biobank baseline data (n = 280,183, 48.3% female). Generalized linear models were used to examine the associations between alcohol consumption with body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage. Those drinking within the public health guidelines had a lower BMI by 1.34 kg/m2 (95% CI 1.42, 1.26 kg/m2) compared to never drinkers. Association between alcohol consumption and body fat percentage were not statistically significant. Compared to those who never drink wines (red wine, champagne and fortified wine), drinkers of these alcoholic beverages had lower BMI (difference of −0.75 kg/m2, 95% CI −0.78, −0.72 kg/m2; −0.48 kg/m2, 95% CI −0.52, −0.45 kg/m2; and −0.24 kg/m2, 95% CI −0.29, −0.18 kg/m2, respectively). Beer and spirits drinkers had higher BMI compared to never drinkers of beer and spirits (difference of 0.18 kg/m2, 95% CI 0.14, 0.22 kg/m2 and 0.64 kg/m2, 95% CI 0.61, 0.68 kg/m2, respectively). Our data did not find a link between alcohol drinking and higher risk of obesity.
KW - Adiposity
KW - Adults
KW - Alcohol
KW - Alcoholic drinks
KW - Obesity
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17145178
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17145178
M3 - Article
C2 - 32709071
AN - SCOPUS:85088164582
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 18
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 14
M1 - 5178
ER -
