Browsing by Author "Lampenius, Ina"

Aim To evaluate the associations between alcohol consumption and body fat distribution in type 1 diabetes (T1D). Methods DXA assessed the body composition of 548 adults with T1D from the Finnish Diabetic Nephropathy Study. Visceral fat mass (VFM) ≥ 0.7% of body weight for women and ≥ 1.1% for men defined central obesity (CO), whereas body fat mass (BFM) ≥ 40.4% for women and ≥ 31.8% for men defined general obesity (GO). Alcohol consumption data were collected via questionnaires. One standard dose = 12g of pure alcohol. Participants were classified as abstainers, low-risk, moderate-risk and high-risk alcohol consumers. We used linear and logistic regression models for analyses. Results The higher the alcohol consumption the higher the VFM% (r2=0.23, β=0.083, p=0.04) in both sexes. BFM% presented a similar pattern in men (r2=0.12, β=0.160, p=0.01), but not in women. One weekly dose increase of alcohol consumption increases the odds of CO by 3% (OR 1.03, p=0.037), but not GO. The odds of CO (OR 7.3, p=0.003) and GO (OR 5.3, p=0.007) increase with high-risk, but not with low- and moderate-risk consumptions. Conclusions In adults with T1D, alcohol consumption is linearly associated with VFM% regardless of sex, whereas the association with BFM% is sex-dependent. Keywords: type 1 diabetes, alcohol consumption, obesity, visceral fat.