0063/2021 - Consumption of alcoholic beverages and abdominal obesity: cross-sectional analysis of ELSA-Brasil
Consumo de bebidas alcoólicas e obesidade abdominal: resultados da linha de base do ELSA-Brasil
Publicado
Author:
• Gabrielle Guidoni Torres - Torres, G. G. - <gabrielleguidoni@gmail.com>ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3091-4076
Co-author(s):
• Jordana Herzog Siqueira - Siqueira, J. H. - <jordana.herzog@gmail.com>ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0116-7411
• Oscar Geovanny Enriquez Martinez - Martinez, O. G. E. - <ndoscar.enriquez@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4561-122X
• Taísa Sabrina Silva Pereira - Pereira, T. S. S. - <taisa.silva@udlap.mx>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5922-7424
• Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez - Velasquez-Melendez, . G. - <jguveme@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8349-5042
• Bruce Bartholow Duncan - Duncan, B. D. - <bbduncan@ufrgs.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7491-2630
• Alessandra Carvalho Goular - Goular, A. C. - <alecgoulart@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1076-5210
• Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina - Molina, M.C.B. - Vitória, ES - <mdmolina@uol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8614-988X
Abstract:
Objective: To analyze the association between alcohol consumption and abdominal adiposity in adults.Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted at baseline dataELSA-Brasil (2008- 2010). The sample consisted of 15,065 civil servantssix education and research institutions., sociodemographic data, lifestyle, consumption of alcoholic beverages and anthropometric measurements were taken according to standard procedures. To identify central adiposity by measuring waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), Poisson regression models adjusted for potentially confounding variables were tested.
Results: About 40% of the sample had elevated WC and WHR. The probability of having elevated WC was 5% and 3% higher in the most exposed group of beer consumption (fifth quintile) in men and women when compared to the reference. A higher probability of having a high WHR was also found among the largest beer consumers (fifth quintile. No association was found between the consumption of wine and spirits with WC and WHR.
Conclusion: A greater number of doses/week of alcoholic drink increased the probability of occurrence of high WC and WHR, with the beer contribution being more important.
