Studies from National Health Insurance Service Further Understanding of Type 2 Diabetes (Risk of Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes in Relation to Changes in Alcohol Consumption: A Nationwide Cohort Study): Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases and Conditions – Type 2 Diabetes

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2022 MAY 31 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Disease Prevention Daily -- Data detailed on type 2 diabetes have been presented. According to news reporting out of Wonju, South Korea, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Little is known about the risk of hypertension and type 2 diabetes in relation to changes in frequency and amount of alcohol consumption.”

The news editors obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service: “This study investigated associations between changes in alcohol consumption and the risk of both conditions. This study included 96,129 individuals without hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus aged 20 years between 2006 and 2008, with follow-up until 31 December 2015. This study identified 29,043 and 18,784 incident cases of hypertension and type 2 diabetes, respectively, during an average follow-up period of 6.2 ± 2.6 and 6.9 ± 1.9 years. This study measured changes in frequency and amount of alcohol consumption using standardized self-administered questionnaires over approximately 2 years. Hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated for the respective risks of the two conditions. Repeated occasional or frequent binge drinking was associated with an increased risk of hypertension (HR: 1.16 or 1.32; 95% CI: 1.11, 1.21 or 1.16, 1.51) and type 2 diabetes (HR: 1.14 or 1.36; 95% CI: 1.09, 1.20 or 1.17, 1.58) compared with continuous nondrinking.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Reductions as well as increases in frequency of alcohol consumption among binge drinkers were associated with higher hypertension (HR: 1.29 or 1.30; 95% CI: 1.11, 1.49 or 1.13, 1.49) and type 2 diabetes (HR: 1.26 or 1.56; 95% CI: 1.06, 1.49 or 1.34, 1.81) risk. This study demonstrated that repeated binge drinking, even with a reduction of weekly alcohol consumption frequency, was associated with a higher risk of hypertension and type 2 diabetes.”

For more information on this research see: Risk of Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes in Relation to Changes in Alcohol Consumption: A Nationwide Cohort Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022,19(4941):4941. (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph). The publisher for International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19094941.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Jae Woo Choi, Community Care Research Center, Health Insurance Research Institute, National Health Insurance Service, Wonju 26464, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Euna Han, Tae Hyun Kim.