heavy drinking risk_factor_for metabolic syndrome

Subject: heavy drinking
Relation: risk_factor_for
Object: metabolic syndrome
p-value: —

Evidence from: primary | all sources

Evidence (1 sources)

Blood glucose level, alcohol heavy drinking, and alcohol craving during treatment for alcohol dependence: results from the Combined Pharmacotherapies and Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol Dependence (COMBINE) Study. (2009) PMID:19485973 cited

Heavy drinking has been associated with higher glucose levels, therefore increasing the risk of both diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

confidence: 0.95