Abstract

VICENTE-HERRERO, Mª Teófila et al. Alcohol consumption in the Spanish working population and metabolic repercussion. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2014, vol.40, n.1, pp. 40-46. ISSN 0864-3466.

Objectives: to identify differences in analytical indicators and in metabolic syndromes between alcohol consumers and non-consumers and the Spanish working population as a basis of planning preventive actions in companies. Methods: descriptive study conducted in 929 persons from the service sector in Spain, without being previously selected. The alcohol consumption was assessed and compared with metabolic syndrome, hepatic, obesity, age and sex indicators. Mean differences were assessed with Student's t test and the differences in proportions through the contingency tables. Results: five hundred and forty six (58.77 %) men and three hundred and eighty three (41.23 %) women, 45 years-old as average, participated. Lower alcohol consumption in women was observed. Statistically significant differences were not observed in the analytical indicators with respect to alcohol consumption. There was positive tendency to be taken into account in the triglyceride concentrations and the metabolic syndrome in women (p= 0,007). Conclusions: the achieved results advice the conduction of more precise studies with larger samples to support alcohol consumption prevention policies and to improve the health of workers.

Keywords : prevalence of alcohol consumption; occupational health; occupational medicine; metabolic syndrome.