The present study also observed an inverse cross-sectional
relationship between alcohol drinking and diabetes but alcohol
drinking was not associated with subsequent NOD. These results
suggest that people who were diabetic curtailed their drinking,
and alcohol drinking probably did not reduce subsequent NOD.
Light or moderate alcohol drinking has been shown to be associated with reduced risk of NOD in Western adults [24],but
heavy drinking may increase the risk[27]. The association appears to be less certain in Eastern populations. For example,
Seike et al.[28] have observed that alcohol intake is an established risk factor for developing diabetes for Japanese men who
even have relatively low BMI values. The present study also has
found that alcohol drinking exerts no benefitinreducingNODin
older Taiwanese. These results suggest that there might be
ethnicity/population related differences in the association of
lifestyle habits with NOD