Prospective Study of Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Use, and the Risk of Diabetes in Men

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1995 Mar 4

PMID 7888928

Citations 117

Authors

E B Rimm

J Chan

M J Stampfer

G A Colditz

W C Willett

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Abstract

Objective: To examine the association between smoking, alcohol consumption, and the incidence of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in men of middle years and older.

Design: Cohort questionnaire study of men followed up for six years from 1986.

Setting: The health professionals' follow up study being conducted across the United States.

Subjects: 41,810 male health professionals aged 40-75 years and free of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer in 1986 and followed up for six years.

Main Outcome Measure: Incidence of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus diagnosed in the six years.

Results: During 230,769 person years of follow up 509 men were newly diagnosed with diabetes. After controlling for known risk factors men who smoked 25 or more cigarettes daily had a relative risk of diabetes of 1.94 (95% confidence interval 1.25 to 3.03) compared with non-smokers. Men who consumed higher amounts of alcohol had a reduced risk of diabetes (P for trend < 0.001). Compared with abstainers men who drank 30.0-49.9 g of alcohol daily had a relative risk of diabetes of 0.61 (95% confidence interval 0.44 to 0.91).

Conclusions: Cigarette smoking may be an independent, modifiable risk factor for non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Moderate alcohol consumption among healthy people may be associated with increased insulin sensitivity and a reduced risk of diabetes.

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