Dietary Taurine and Nutrient Intake and Dietary Quality by Alcohol Consumption Level in Korean Male College Students - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology - page 118

Table 13.1 General characteristics of the subjects

Light drinking
group ( n = 88)

Heavy drinking
group ( n = 132) Variables c 2 value or t -value

Age (years) 22.8 ± 0.2 a 23.1 ± 0.2 −1.043

Type of Residence
Living with family 40 (45.5) b 80 (60.6) 8.339* c

Preparation of own meal 31 (35.2) 42 (31.8)

Boarding or dormitory 17 (19.3) 10 (7.6)

Pocket money (1,000 won/month)
£ 200 22 (25.0) 20 (15.2) 3.316*

210-400 47 (53.4) 80 (60.6)
³ 400 19 (21.6) 32 (24.2)
a Mean ± SEM; b N (%); c Values with * superscript are significantly different between light and
heavy drinking group by chi-squre test (*: p < 0.05)

Table 13.2 Body compositions of the subjects

Heavy drinking group
( n = 132) t -value
Height 174.6 ± 0.6 a 174.9 ± 0.5 −0.334
Weight 70.1 ± 1.0 72.6 ± 0.9 −1.765
Percent body fat 17.9 ± 0.6 18.3 ± 0.4 −0.502
BMI 22.8 ± 0.3 23.6 ± 0.3 −2.159* b
a Mean ± SEM; b Value with * superscript is significantly different between light and heavy drinking
group by Student t -test (*: p < 0.05)

Light drinking group
( n = 88) Variables

(53.4%) and 80 subjects of heavy drinking group (60.6%) spent 210,000-400,000
Korean won (approximately US$180-$343) per month for pocket money. There are
significant differences in type of residence ( p < 0.05) and pocket money ( p < 0.05)
according to alcohol consumption level.

13.3.2 Body Composition

The average height, weight, percent body fat, and BMI were 174.6 cm, 70.1 kg,
17.9%, and 22.8 kg/m 2 for light drinking group and those of heavy drinking group
were 174.9 cm, 72.6 kg, 18.3%, and 23.6 kg/m 2 , respectively (Table 13.2 ). There
was significant difference in BMI between light and heavy drinking groups. There
was a similar result that male higher level drinkers had a higher BMI than abstainers
in research about alcohol consumption pattern, diet, and body weight in 10 European
countries (Sieri et al. 2009 ). According to the 4th Korea National Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey, the average height, weight, body fat percentage, and
BMI of 19-29-year-old men were 175.0 cm, 72.3 kg, 22.3%, and 23.6 kg/m 2 ,
respectively. The average height, weight, and BMI of our subjects were similar to
those of the same age group of Korean men, while percent body fat of our subjects
was lower than that of the similar age Korean men.