In the group with central obesity age, current smoking, alcohol consumption, waist circumference, creatinine clearance and hs-CRP were independently associated with skin AF (R = 29.4%).
Multivariate analysis showed that a positive family history of diabetes, alcohol consumption, waist circumference, hip circumference, systolic blood pressure, and levels of serum total triglycerides and total cholesterol are associated with diabetes.
We found six variables to be independently associated with skin AF in a centrally obese population: age, current tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, waist circumference, creatinine clearance and hs-CRP.
Age, current tobacco smoking, current alcohol consumption, waist circumference, creatinine clearance and hs-CRP were independently associated with skin AF and together these variables explained 29.4% of the total variance.
Leisure-time physical activity, alcohol consumption, waist-to-hip ratio, LDL and HDL cholesterol were not associated with CTS.
Duncan et al. [ 46] have reported that moderate alcohol consumption decreases waist circumference, whereas excessive quantities modulate the concentration of sex hormones, causing abdominal obesity [ 25, 36, 46].
One study found an association between high diet cola consumption and large waist circumference, and additional research has also found a link to heart attack and stroke risk.
Subjects without (n = 1,897) and with vitamin C supplementation (n = 232) showed no remarkable differences in age, BMI, gender, family history, vegetarian diet, alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine consumption, diabetes mellitus, waist-to-hip ratio, cholesterol and triglyceride levels (Table 3).
In the second model, we adjusted for age, sex, education, race/ethnicity, waist, alcohol consumption, and physical activity.
P Mantel-Haenszel test for linear association Table 4 shows the odds ratio for high uric acid levels according to different levels of age, triglycerides, waist, alcohol consumption and treatment of hypertension.
What was making people ever bigger around the waist was not consumption of butter, cream or fatty meats but over-consumption of refined flour, sugar and potatoes.
