Alcohol Consumption Patterns and HbA1c, C-Peptide and Insulin Concentrations in Men
Katie A. Meyer, MPH,
Katherine M. Conigrave, MD,
Nain-Feng Chu, MD,
Nader Rifai, PhD,
Donna Spiegelman, ScD,
Meir J. Stampfer, MD and
Eric B. Rimm, ScD
Department of Epidemiology (K.A.M., D.S., M.J.S., E.B.R.), Boston, Massachusetts
Department of Biostatistics (D.S.), Boston, Massachusetts
Department of Nutrition (M.J.S., E.B.R.), Boston, Massachusetts
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Pathology (N.R.), Boston, Massachusetts
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital (M.J.S., E.B.R.), Boston, Massachusetts
Harvard Medical School, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Childrens Hospital (N.R.), Boston, Massachusetts
Drug and Alcohol Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Departments of Medicine, Psychological Medicine and Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA (K.M.C.)
Department of Public Health, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, REPUBLIC OF CHINA (N.-F.C.)

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Fig. 1. Selection of study population from the larger Health Professionals Follow-up Study cohort.
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Fig. 2. Mean values of insulin and c-peptide across categories of frequency of consumption, adjusted for average daily consumption and other confounding factors listed in Table 4.
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