Alcohol‐induced impaired insulin secretion in a Japanese population: 5‐year follow up in the Gifu Diabetes Study

Although moderate alcohol consumption lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes in European populations, the same cannot be assumed for Japanese patients with diabetes related to low insulin secretion rather than resistance. We aimed to evaluate the effects of daily alcohol consumption on glucose tolerance and diabetes development risk in Japanese populations.This retrospective study randomly enrolled 452 men and 659 women aged 40-78 years in 2005...