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Korhonen T, Smeds E, Silventoinen K, Heikkilä K, Kaprio J. Cigarette smoking and alcohol use as predictors of disability retirement: A population-based cohort study. Drug Alcohol Depend 2015; 155:260-6. [PMID: 26305074 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study investigated how cigarette smoking and alcohol use predict disability retirement. METHODS Data from the longitudinal nationwide Finnish Twin Cohort study were analyzed, with clustered study design applied when computing 95% confidence intervals (CI). The sample included 21,719 individuals. Smoking and alcohol use were assessed with a questionnaire in 1975. Registry data on retirement events up till end of 2004 were obtained from the Social Insurance Institution and the Finnish Centre for Pensions. RESULTS Disability pension was granted to 4251 participants. Among men, adjusted for age and alcohol use, former (HR=1.45, 95%CI 1.28, 1.65, p<.001) and daily smokers (HR=1.93, 95%CI 1.71, 2.17, p<.001) showed elevated disability pension risk compared to never smokers. Among women, daily smokers (HR=1.25, 95%CI 1.11, 1.40, <.001) had elevated risk. The age and smoking adjusted risk estimates for alcohol were elevated among abstainers (men HR=1.41, 95%CI 1.21, 1.65, p<.001; women HR=1.36, 95%CI 1.23, 1.52, p<.001) and heavy drinkers (men HR=1.30, 95%CI 1.18, 1.43, p<.001; women HR=1.34, 95%CI 1.04, 1.72, p=.026). Those being persistent smokers and binge drinkers had over three-fold disability risk compared to those who were binge drinkers but had only a few smoking years (men: HR=3.32, 95%CI 2.43, 4.54, p<.001; women: HR=4.05, 95%CI 2.05, 8.00, p<.001). Among men and women who were not binge drinkers, longer smoking duration was needed for elevated disability risk. CONCLUSIONS Both smoking and excess alcohol use significantly predict disability retirement. In order to extend working careers, more attention should be paid to health behaviors, in addition to working conditions.
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- Tellervo Korhonen
- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, Helsinki, Finland
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Kelso NE, Sheps DS, Cook RL. The association between alcohol use and cardiovascular disease among people living with HIV: a systematic review. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE 2015; 41:479-88. [PMID: 26286352 DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2015.1058812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND People living with HIV-infection (PLWH) have higher prevalence and earlier onset of cardiovascular disease (CVD), compared to uninfected populations. It is unclear how alcohol consumption is related to CVD among PLWH. OBJECTIVES To summarize the current literature and strength of evidence regarding alcohol consumption as a risk factor for CVD among PLWH, to generate summary estimates for the effect of alcohol consumption on CVD outcomes, and to make recommendations for clinical practice and future research based on the findings and limitations of existing studies. METHODS A systematic review was conducted using Pubmed/Medline to identify relevant peer-reviewed articles published between 1 January 1999 and 1 January 2014. After critical review of the literature, 13 studies were identified. Risk ratios were extracted or calculated and sample size weighted summary estimates were calculated. RESULTS The prevalence of a CVD diagnosis or event ranged from 5.7-24.0%. The weighted pooled crude effect sizes were 1.75 (95% CI 1.06, 3.17) for general and 1.78 (95% CI 1.09, 2.93) for heavy alcohol use on CVD. The pooled adjusted effect size was 1.37 (95% CI 1.02, 1.84) for heavy alcohol use on CVD. Pooled estimates differed by CVD outcome and alcohol measure; alcohol consumption was most significant for cerebral/ischemic events. CONCLUSION HIV clinicians should consider risk factors that are not included in the traditional risk factor framework, particularly heavy alcohol consumption. Neglect of this risk factor may lead to underestimation of risk, and thus under-treatment among PLWH.
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- Natalie E Kelso
- a Department of Epidemiology , College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida , Gainesville , FL , USA
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- a Department of Epidemiology , College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida , Gainesville , FL , USA
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- a Department of Epidemiology , College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida , Gainesville , FL , USA
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Connor J. Alcohol and Chronic Disease: Doubt Remains About Evidence But Not About Prevention. Alcohol Alcohol 2015. [PMID: 26209421 DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agv087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Jennie Connor
- Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Morilha A, Karagulian S, Lotufo PA, Santos IS, Benseñor IM, Goulart AC. Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome Alcohol Abuse: Prospective Evaluation in the ERICO Study. Arq Bras Cardiol 2015; 104:457-67. [PMID: 26131701 PMCID: PMC4484678 DOI: 10.5935/abc.20150038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 12/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Some studies have indicated alcohol abuse as one of the contributors to the
development of cardiovascular disease, particularly coronary heart disease.
However, this relationship is controversial. Objective To investigate the relationship between post-acute coronary syndrome (ACS) alcohol
abuse in the Acute Coronary Syndrome Registry Strategy (ERICO Study). Methods 146 participants from the ERICO Study answered structured questionnaires and
underwent laboratory evaluations at baseline, 30 days and 180 days after ACS. The
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was applied to assess harmful
alcohol consumption in the 12 months preceding ACS (30 day-interview) and six
months after that. Results The frequencies of alcohol abuse were 24.7% and 21.1% in the 12 months preceding
ACS and six months after that, respectively. The most significant cardiovascular
risk factors associated with high-risk for alcohol abuse 30 days after the acute
event were: male sex (88.9%), current smoking (52.8%) and hypertension (58.3%).
Six months after the acute event, the most significant results were replicated in
our logistic regression, for the association between alcohol abuse among younger
individuals [35-44 year-old multivariate OR: 38.30 (95% CI: 1.44-1012.56)
and 45-54 year-old multivariate OR: 10.10 (95% CI: 1.06-96.46)] and for
smokers [current smokers multivariate OR: 51.09 (95% CI: 3.49-748.01) and
past smokers multivariate OR: 40.29 (95% CI: 2.37-685.93)]. Conclusion Individuals younger than 54 years and smokers showed a significant relation with
harmful alcohol consumption, regardless of the ACS subtype.
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- Abner Morilha
- Centro de Pesquisa Clínica e Epidemiológica, Hospital Universitário, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa Clínica e Epidemiológica, Hospital Universitário, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa Clínica e Epidemiológica, Hospital Universitário, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa Clínica e Epidemiológica, Hospital Universitário, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa Clínica e Epidemiológica, Hospital Universitário, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa Clínica e Epidemiológica, Hospital Universitário, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Kaprio J. Is the association between alcohol use and coronary artery disease causal? Evidence from a long-term twin study. Am J Clin Nutr 2015; 102:1-2. [PMID: 26063692 PMCID: PMC4480672 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.114348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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- Jaakko Kaprio
- Department of Public Health and the Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki, and Department of Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Celia Wilkinson
- School of Exercise and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. .,National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
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- National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- School of Exercise and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
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Holidays, celebrations, and commiserations: measuring drinking during feasting and fasting to improve national and individual estimates of alcohol consumption. BMC Med 2015; 13:113. [PMID: 25998218 PMCID: PMC4494693 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0337-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Accurate measures of alcohol consumption are critical in assessing health harms caused by alcohol. In many countries, there are large discrepancies between survey-based measures of consumption and those based on alcohol sales. In England, surveys measuring typical alcohol consumption account for only around 60% of alcohol sold. Here, using a national survey, we measure both typical drinking and atypical/special occasion drinking (i.e., feasting and fasting) in order to develop more complete measures of alcohol consumption. METHODS A national random probability telephone survey was implemented (May 2013 to April 2014). Inclusion criteria were resident in England and aged 16 years or over. Respondents (n = 6,085) provided information on typical drinking (amounts per day, drinking frequency) and changes in consumption associated with routine atypical days (e.g., Friday nights) and special dinking periods (e.g., holidays) and events (e.g., weddings). Generalized linear modelling was used to identify additional alcohol consumption associated with atypical/special occasion drinking by age, sex, and typical drinking level. RESULTS Accounting for atypical/special occasion drinking added more than 120 million UK units of alcohol/week (~12 million bottles of wine) to population alcohol consumption in England. The greatest impact was seen among 25- to 34-year-olds with the highest typical consumption, where atypical/special occasions added approximately 18 units/week (144 g) for both sexes. Those reporting the lowest typical consumption (≤1 unit/week) showed large relative increases in consumption (209.3%) with most drinking associated with special occasions. In some demographics, adjusting for special occasions resulted in overall reductions in annual consumption (e.g., females, 65 to 74 years in the highest typical drinking category). CONCLUSIONS Typical drinking alone can be a poor proxy for actual alcohol consumption. Accounting for atypical/special occasion drinking fills 41.6% of the gap between surveyed consumption and national sales in England. These additional units are inevitably linked to increases in lifetime risk of alcohol-related disease and injury, particularly as special occasions often constitute heavy drinking episodes. Better population measures of celebratory, festival, and holiday drinking are required in national surveys in order to adequately measure both alcohol consumption and the health harms associated with special occasion drinking.
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Roerecke M, Rehm J. Alcohol and ischaemic heart disease risk--finally moving beyond interpretation of observational epidemiology. Addiction 2015; 110:723-5. [PMID: 25613090 DOI: 10.1111/add.12787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Bell S, Kivimäki M, Batty GD. Subgroup analysis as a source of spurious findings: an illustration using new data on alcohol intake and coronary heart disease. Addiction 2015; 110:183-4. [PMID: 25515832 PMCID: PMC4273867 DOI: 10.1111/add.12708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Steven Bell
- Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.
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- Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, UK, WC1E 6BT
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- Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, UK, WC1E 6BT,Centre for Cognitive Aging and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, UK
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Tang HC, Chen PH, Chung KH, Kuo CJ, Huang SH, Tsai SY. Psychological Outcomes and Medical Morbidity of Patients With Bipolar Disorder and Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorder. J Dual Diagn 2015; 11:184-8. [PMID: 26683251 DOI: 10.1080/15504263.2015.1113099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Patients with bipolar disorder are at a high risk for comorbid alcohol use disorder, and both disorders are associated with poor outcomes and multiple morbidities. This study aimed to explore not only the psychosocial functioning and psychopathological outcomes but also the medical morbidity of patients with bipolar disorder with and without alcohol use disorder. METHODS Outpatients with bipolar I disorder (DSM-IV) were recruited from a psychiatric teaching hospital in Taiwan (N = 393). Data on psychiatric symptoms, psychosocial functioning, and physical health were obtained through interviews with patients and collaterals, patient self-report, and medical record reviews. RESULTS Participants had a mean age of 41.1 years (SD = 11.9) and were mostly female (n = 255, 64.9%). Fewer than 10% (n = 34, 8.7%) met criteria for alcohol use disorder, and these participants were more likely to be male, to smoke, and to have a history of rapid cycling, higher mean body mass index, and higher incidences of gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary morbidities. A multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that patients with, versus those without, alcohol use disorder were more prone to gastrointestinal diseases (adjusted OR = 4.25, 95% CI [1.44-12.53], p <.01), hepatobiliary diseases (adjusted OR = 3.14, 95% CI [1.20-8.25], p <.025), and history of rapid cycling (adjusted OR = 2.53, 95% CI [0.91-7.01], p <.075). CONCLUSIONS Comorbid alcohol use disorders may have a stronger impact on physical health than on psychosocial or psychopathological outcomes of patients with bipolar disorder.
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- Han-Ching Tang
- a Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Research Center , Taipei Medical University Hospital , Taipei , Taiwan.,b Department of Psychiatry , School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University , Taipei , Taiwan
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- a Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Research Center , Taipei Medical University Hospital , Taipei , Taiwan.,b Department of Psychiatry , School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University , Taipei , Taiwan
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- a Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Research Center , Taipei Medical University Hospital , Taipei , Taiwan.,b Department of Psychiatry , School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University , Taipei , Taiwan
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- b Department of Psychiatry , School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University , Taipei , Taiwan.,c Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei City Hospital, Songde Branch , Taipei , Taiwan
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- a Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Research Center , Taipei Medical University Hospital , Taipei , Taiwan.,b Department of Psychiatry , School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University , Taipei , Taiwan
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- a Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Research Center , Taipei Medical University Hospital , Taipei , Taiwan.,b Department of Psychiatry , School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University , Taipei , Taiwan
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Schooling CM, Chan WM, Leung SL, Lam TH, Lee SY, Shen C, Leung JY, Leung GM. Cohort Profile: Hong Kong Department of Health Elderly Health Service Cohort. Int J Epidemiol 2014; 45:64-72. [PMID: 25480143 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The Department of Health Elderly Health Service Cohort in Hong Kong was set up to promote understanding of ageing in a global context, to exploit the role of Hong Kong as a sentinel for populations currently experiencing very rapid economic development, to provide a developed non-Western 'social laboratory' where empirically derived hypotheses can be tested and to leverage the different patterns of common chronic diseases between East and West to generate novel hypotheses about their determinants. The initial cohort enrolled from July 1998 to the end of December 2001 includes 66 820 people aged 65 years or older, forming about 9% of the population of this age. A comprehensive health assessment was made at enrollment and then repeated regularly on an ongoing basis. The health assessment included a comprehensive assessment of lifestyle, social circumstances, physical health and mental health, including an assessment of cognition and depressive symptoms. Health services use and deaths have been obtained by record linkage and confirmed, where necessary, by telephone interview. Currently, the data are not publicly available; we would welcome collaborations and research proposals.
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- C M Schooling
- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China and
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- Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China and
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- Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China and
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China and
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China and
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Jim McCambridge and colleagues reflect on how the concept of harm reduction may be being usurped by the alcohol industry. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.
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- Jim McCambridge
- Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
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- King's College London, National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom
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- King's College London, National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom
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Natural history and prognostic factors in alcoholic cardiomyopathy. JACC-HEART FAILURE 2014; 3:78-86. [PMID: 25458176 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2014.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2014] [Revised: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study sought to determine the natural history of contemporary alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM), to compare it with that of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM), and to identify risk factors for poor outcome. BACKGROUND ACM is a common cause of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), but little is known about its natural history or the effect of reducing alcohol intake on disease progression. METHODS We studied the clinical characteristics and outcomes of 94 consecutive patients with ACM and 188 with IDCM, evaluated over the period between 1993 and 2011. RESULTS After a median follow-up of 59 months (interquartile range: 25 to 107 months), 14 ACM patients (15%) had died from cardiovascular causes (6 from heart failure and 8 from sudden cardiac death), 14 (15%) underwent heart transplantation, 35 (37%) experienced recovery in left ventricular function, and 31 (33%) remained clinically stable without improvement in systolic function. Transplantation-free survival was higher in ACM patients than in IDCM patients (p = 0.002), and ACM was associated with a favorable outcome on multiple analysis of the entire cohort (odds ratio [OR]: 0.4; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.2 to 0.8; p = 0.01). Independent predictors of death or heart transplantation in ACM identified by multiple logistic regression analysis were atrial fibrillation (OR: 9.7; 95% CI: 2.56 to 36.79; p = 0.001); QRS duration >120 ms (OR: 7.2; 95% CI: 2.02 to 26; p = 0.002), and lack of beta-blocker therapy (OR: 4.4; 95% CI: 1.35 to 14.49; p = 0.014). ACM patients who reduced their alcohol intake to moderate levels exhibited similar survival (p = 0.22) and cardiac function recovery (p = 0.8) as abstainers. CONCLUSIONS ACM has a better prognosis than IDCM. Atrial fibrillation, QRS width >120 ms, and the absence of beta-blocker therapy identify patients with a poor outcome. Alcohol abstainers and those who reduce intake to a moderate degree show similar clinical outcomes.
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Qureshi W, Soliman EZ, Solomon SD, Alonso A, Arking DE, Shah A, Gupta DK, Wagenknecht LE, Herrington D. Risk factors for atrial fibrillation in patients with normal versus dilated left atrium (from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study). Am J Cardiol 2014; 114:1368-72. [PMID: 25245413 PMCID: PMC4195803 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.07.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Revised: 07/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Epidemiological data are limited regarding risk factors of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with normal-sized left atria (LA). We evaluated whether traditional risk factors of AF differ between patients with normal-sized and dilated LA. This is a cross sectional study of community-dwelling participants of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. LA volume index was measured by 2-dimensional echocardiography. LA volume index ≥29 mm(3)/m(2) defined dilated LA. Prevalent AF was defined by electrocardiogram and hospital discharge International Classification of Diseases-9 codes. Multivariate adjusted logistic regression analysis was used to examine whether magnitude of association of risk factors with AF differ by LA cavity size. Interaction of risk factors by LA cavity size was evaluated to determine significance of these differential associations. Of 5,496 participants (mean age 75 ± 5 years, women 58%), 1,230 participants (22%) had dilated LA. The prevalence of AF was 11% in patients with normal-sized LA and 15% in patients with dilated LA. Age >75 years (odds ratio [OR] 1.87, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.49 to 2.35, interaction p = 0.12) and heart failure (OR 5.43, 95% CI 3.77 to 7.87, interaction p = 0.10) were stronger risk factors for AF in normal-sized LA than dilated LA. Female gender (OR 1.67, 95% CI 1.01 to 2.77, interaction p = 0.09), weight (OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.71, interaction p = 0.19), and alcohol use (OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.08 to 2.41, interaction p = 0.004) were stronger risk factors for AF in patients with dilated LA than normal-sized LA. In conclusion, risk factors of AF may differ by left ventricular cavity size.
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- Waqas Qureshi
- Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Epidemiological Cardiology Research Center, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Roerecke M, Rehm J. Alcohol consumption, drinking patterns, and ischemic heart disease: a narrative review of meta-analyses and a systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of heavy drinking occasions on risk for moderate drinkers. BMC Med 2014; 12:182. [PMID: 25567363 PMCID: PMC4203905 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-014-0182-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Alcohol consumption is a major global risk factor for mortality and morbidity. Much discussion has revolved around the diverse findings on the complex relationship between alcohol consumption and the leading cause of death and disability, ischemic heart disease (IHD). METHODS We conducted a systematic search of the literature up to August 2014 using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines to identify meta-analyses and observational studies examining the relationship between alcohol drinking, drinking patterns, and IHD risk, in comparison to lifetime abstainers. In a narrative review we have summarized the many meta-analyses published in the last 10 years, discussing the role of confounding and experimental evidence. We also conducted meta-analyses examining episodic heavy drinking among on average moderate drinkers. RESULTS The narrative review showed that the use of current abstainers as the reference group leads to systematic bias. With regard to average alcohol consumption in relation to lifetime abstainers, the relationship is clearly J-shaped, supported by short-term experimental evidence and similar associations within strata of potential confounders, except among smokers. Women experience slightly stronger beneficial associations and also a quicker upturn to a detrimental effect at lower levels of average alcohol consumption compared to men. There was no evidence that chronic or episodic heavy drinking confers a beneficial effect on IHD risk. People with alcohol use disorder have an elevated risk of IHD (1.5- to 2-fold). Results from our quantitative meta-analysis showed that drinkers with average intake of <30 g/day and no episodic heavy drinking had the lowest IHD risk (relative risk = 0.64, 95% confidence interval 0.53 to 0.71). Drinkers with episodic heavy drinking occasions had a risk similar to lifetime abstainers (relative risk = 1.12, 95% confidence interval 0.91 to 1.37). CONCLUSIONS Epidemiological evidence for a beneficial effect of low alcohol consumption without heavy drinking episodes is strong, corroborated by experimental evidence. However, episodic and chronic heavy drinking do not provide any beneficial effect on IHD. Thus, average alcohol consumption is not sufficient to describe the risk relation between alcohol consumption and IHD. Alcohol policy should try to reduce heavy drinking patterns.
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- Michael Roerecke
- Social and Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1, Canada.
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- Social and Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1, Canada.
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
- Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Lachenmeier DW, Kanteres F, Rehm J. Alcoholic Beverage Strength Discrimination by Taste May Have an Upper Threshold. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2014; 38:2460-7. [DOI: 10.1111/acer.12511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Dirk W. Lachenmeier
- Epidemiological Research Unit; Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy; Technische Universität Dresden; Dresden Germany
- Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA); Karlsruhe Germany
- Ministry of Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection; Stuttgart Germany
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- Epidemiological Research Unit; Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy; Technische Universität Dresden; Dresden Germany
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH); Toronto Ontario Canada
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health; University of Toronto; Toronto Ontario Canada
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Roerecke M, Rehm J. Chronic heavy drinking and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Open Heart 2014; 1:e000135. [PMID: 25332827 PMCID: PMC4189294 DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2014-000135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Revised: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Previous meta-analyses have reported either a protective, neutral or detrimental association from chronic heavy drinking in relation to ischaemic heart disease (IHD). We investigated the potential for systematic error because of study design. Using MOOSE guidelines, studies were identified through MEDLINE, EMBASE and Web of Science up to end of March, 2014. Epidemiological studies reporting on chronic heavy drinking and IHD risk in population studies and samples of people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) were included. Random-effects meta-analysis was used to pool eligible studies. The I2 statistic was used to assess heterogeneity across studies. In total, 34 observational studies with 110 570 chronic heavy drinkers and 3086 IHD events were identified. In population studies among men, the pooled risk for IHD incidence (fatal+non-fatal events) among chronic heavy drinkers (on average ≥60 g pure alcohol/day) in comparison to lifetime abstainers (n=11 studies) was relative risk (RR)=1.04 (95% CI 0.83 to 1.31, I2=54%). Few studies were available for women. In patients with AUD, the risk of IHD mortality in comparison to the general population was elevated with a RR=1.62 (95% CI 1.34 to 1.95, I2=81%) in men and RR=2.09 (95% CI 1.28 to 3.41, I2=67%) in women. There was a general lack of adjustment other than sex and age in studies among patients with AUD. There is no systematic evidence for a protective association from any type of chronic heavy drinking on IHD risk. Patients with AUD were at higher risk for IHD mortality, but better quality evidence is needed with regard to potential confounding.
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- Michael Roerecke
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) , Toronto , Canada ; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada
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- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) , Toronto , Canada ; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada ; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada ; Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TU Dresden , Dresden , Germany ; Department of Psychiatry , University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada
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Kontis V, Mathers CD, Rehm J, Stevens GA, Shield KD, Bonita R, Riley LM, Poznyak V, Beaglehole R, Ezzati M. Contribution of six risk factors to achieving the 25×25 non-communicable disease mortality reduction target: a modelling study. Lancet 2014; 384:427-37. [PMID: 24797573 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(14)60616-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 256] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Countries have agreed to reduce premature mortality (defined as the probability of dying between the ages of 30 years and 70 years) from four main non-communicable diseases (NCDs)--cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancers, and diabetes--by 25% from 2010 levels by 2025 (referred to as 25×25 target). Targets for selected NCD risk factors have also been agreed on. We estimated the contribution of achieving six risk factor targets towards meeting the 25×25 mortality target. METHODS We estimated the impact of achieving the targets for six risk factors (tobacco and alcohol use, salt intake, obesity, and raised blood pressure and glucose) on NCD mortality between 2010 and 2025. Our methods accounted for multi-causality of NCDs and for the fact that when risk factor exposure increases or decreases, the harmful or beneficial effects on NCDs accumulate gradually. We used data for risk factor and mortality trends from systematic analyses of available country data. Relative risks for the effects of individual and multiple risks, and for change in risk after decreases or increases in exposure, were from re-analyses and meta-analyses of epidemiological studies. FINDINGS If risk factor targets are achieved, the probability of dying from the four main NCDs between the ages of 30 years and 70 years will decrease by 22% in men and by 19% in women between 2010 and 2025, compared with a decrease of 11% in men and 10% in women under the so-called business-as-usual trends (ie, projections based on current trends with no additional action). Achieving the risk factor targets will delay or prevent more than 37 million deaths (16 million in people aged 30-69 years and 21 million in people aged 70 years or older) from the main NCDs over these 15 years compared with a situation of rising or stagnating risk factor trends. Most of the benefits of achieving the risk factor targets, including 31 million of the delayed or prevented deaths, will be in low-income and middle-income countries, and will help to reduce the global inequality in premature NCD mortality. A more ambitious target on tobacco use (a 50% reduction) will almost reach the target in men (>24% reduction in the probability of death), and enhance the benefits to a 20% reduction in women. INTERPRETATION If the agreed risk factor targets are met, premature mortality from the four main NCDs will decrease to levels that are close to the 25×25 target, with most of these benefits seen in low-income and middle-income countries. On the basis of mortality benefits and feasibility, a more ambitious target than currently agreed should be adopted for tobacco use. FUNDING UK MRC.
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- Vasilis Kontis
- MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Social and Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, ON, Canada; Klinische Psychologie and Psychotherapie, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Social and Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department for Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Bell S, Britton A. An exploration of the dynamic longitudinal relationship between mental health and alcohol consumption: a prospective cohort study. BMC Med 2014; 12:91. [PMID: 24889765 PMCID: PMC4053287 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-12-91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite intense investigation, the temporal sequence between alcohol consumption and mental health remains unclear. This study explored the relationship between alcohol consumption and mental health over multiple occasions, and compared a series of competing theoretical models to determine which best reflected the association between the two. METHODS Data from phases 5 (1997 to 1999), 7 (2002 to 2004), and 9 (2007 to 2009) of the Whitehall II prospective cohort study were used, providing approximately 10 years of follow-up for 6,330 participants (73% men; mean ± SD age 55.8 ± 6.0 years). Mental health was assessed using the Short Form (SF)-36 mental health component score. Alcohol consumption was defined as the number of UK units of alcohol drunk per week. Four dynamic latent change score models were compared: 1) a baseline model in which alcohol consumption and mental health trajectories did not influence each other, 2) and model in which alcohol consumption influenced changes in mental health but mental health exerted no effect on changes in drinking and 3) vice versa, and (4) a reciprocal model in which both variables influenced changes in each other. RESULTS The third model, in which mental health influenced changes in alcohol consumption but not vice versa, was the best fit. In this model, the effect of previous mental health on upcoming change in alcohol consumption was negative (γ = -0.31, 95% CI -0.52 to -0.10), meaning that those with better mental health tended to make greater reductions (or shallower increases) in their drinking between occasions. CONCLUSIONS Mental health appears to be the leading indicator of change in the dynamic longitudinal relationship between mental health and weekly alcohol consumption in this sample of middle-aged adults. In addition to fuelling increases in alcohol consumption among low-level consumers, poor mental health may also be a maintaining factor for heavy alcohol consumption. Future work should seek to examine whether there are critical levels of alcohol intake at which different dynamic relationships begin to emerge between alcohol-related measures and mental health.
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- Steven Bell
- Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, UK.
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An Expanding Knowledge of the Mechanisms and Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Cardiovascular Disease. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev 2014; 34:159-71. [DOI: 10.1097/hcr.0000000000000042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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McCambridge J, Hartwell G. Has industry funding biased studies of the protective effects of alcohol on cardiovascular disease? A preliminary investigation of prospective cohort studies. Drug Alcohol Rev 2014; 34:58-66. [PMID: 24602075 PMCID: PMC4441279 DOI: 10.1111/dar.12125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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INTRODUCTION AND AIMS There have been no previous quantitative analyses of the possible effects of industry funding on alcohol and health research. This study examines whether findings of alcohol's protective effects on cardiovascular disease may be biased by industry funding. DESIGN AND METHODS Findings from a recent systematic review of prospective cohort studies were combined with public domain data on alcohol industry funding. The six outcomes evaluated were alcohol's effects on cardiovascular disease mortality, incident coronary heart disease, coronary heart disease mortality, incident stroke, stroke mortality and mortality from all causes. RESULTS We find no evidence of possible funding effects for outcomes other than stroke. Whether studies find alcohol to be a risk factor or protective against incident stroke depends on whether or not there is possible industry funding [risk ratio (RR) 1.07 (0.97-1.17) for those without concern about industry funding compared with RR 0.88 (0.81-0.94)]. For stroke mortality, a similar difference is not statistically significant, most likely because there are too few studies. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Dedicated high-quality studies of possible alcohol industry funding effects should be undertaken, and these should be broad in scope. They also need to investigate specific areas of concern, such as stroke, in greater depth.
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Roerecke M, Rehm J. Cause-specific mortality risk in alcohol use disorder treatment patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Epidemiol 2014; 43:906-19. [DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Holm AL, Veerman L, Cobiac L, Ekholm O, Diderichsen F. Cost-effectiveness of preventive interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in Denmark. PLoS One 2014; 9:e88041. [PMID: 24505370 PMCID: PMC3914889 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Excessive alcohol consumption increases the risk of many diseases and injuries, and the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study estimated that 6% of the burden of disease in Denmark is due to alcohol consumption. Alcohol consumption thus places a considerable economic burden on society. METHODS We analysed the cost-effectiveness of six interventions aimed at preventing alcohol abuse in the adult Danish population: 30% increased taxation, increased minimum legal drinking age, advertisement bans, limited hours of retail sales, and brief and longer individual interventions. Potential health effects were evaluated as changes in incidence, prevalence and mortality of alcohol-related diseases and injuries. Net costs were calculated as the sum of intervention costs and cost offsets related to treatment of alcohol-related outcomes, based on health care costs from Danish national registers. Cost-effectiveness was evaluated by calculating incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) for each intervention. We also created an intervention pathway to determine the optimal sequence of interventions and their combined effects. RESULTS Three of the analysed interventions (advertising bans, limited hours of retail sales and taxation) were cost-saving, and the remaining three interventions were all cost-effective. Net costs varied from € -17 million per year for advertisement ban to € 8 million for longer individual intervention. Effectiveness varied from 115 disability-adjusted life years (DALY) per year for minimum legal drinking age to 2,900 DALY for advertisement ban. The total annual effect if all interventions were implemented would be 7,300 DALY, with a net cost of € -30 million. CONCLUSION Our results show that interventions targeting the whole population were more effective than individual-focused interventions. A ban on alcohol advertising, limited hours of retail sale and increased taxation had the highest probability of being cost-saving and should thus be first priority for implementation.
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- Astrid Ledgaard Holm
- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Ishigami T, Yamamoto R, Nagasawa Y, Isaka Y, Rakugi H, Iseki K, Yamagata K, Tsuruya K, Yoshida H, Fujimoto S, Asahi K, Kurahashi I, Ohashi Y, Moriyama T, Watanabe T. An association between serum γ-glutamyltransferase and proteinuria in drinkers and non-drinkers: a Japanese nationwide cross-sectional survey. Clin Exp Nephrol 2014; 18:899-910. [PMID: 24493465 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-014-0938-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The association between alcohol consumption and chronic kidney disease (CKD), characterized by reduced glomerular filtration rate and proteinuria, is controversial. Recent studies suggest that serum γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT) level, a conventional marker of excessive alcohol consumption, predicts the CKD incidence. Little information is available on the difference in the clinical impact of alcohol consumption and GGT on proteinuria. METHODS The present cross-sectional survey included 332,296 Japanese people aged ≥40 years in 2008. To examine the associations of GGT and alcohol consumption with proteinuria, 134,600 men and 197,696 women were classified into 20 categories based on GGT quartiles and alcohol consumption categories, and their prevalence rate ratios (PRR) of proteinuria defined as ≥1+ of dipstick urinary protein were calculated after adjusting for clinically relevant factors. RESULTS Prevalence of proteinuria was 7.5 and 3.7 % in men and women, respectively. In both gender an association between alcohol consumption and proteinuria was in a J-shaped fashion with the lowest PRR of mild drinkers with ≤19 g/day of ethanol consumption, whereas an association between serum GGT level and proteinuria was linear. Compared with rare drinkers in the lowest GGT quartile, the subjects in higher GGT quartiles had a higher probability of proteinuria, irrespective of alcohol consumption. An optimal cutoff level of serum GGT was 43.6 and 23.2 IU/L in men and women, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The subjects with higher serum GGT level had a higher probability of proteinuria, regardless of alcohol consumption, suggesting that GGT has a clinically greater impact on CKD than alcohol consumption.
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- Toshihiro Ishigami
- Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2-B6 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
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Wackernah RC, Minnick MJ, Clapp P. Alcohol use disorder: pathophysiology, effects, and pharmacologic options for treatment. Subst Abuse Rehabil 2014; 5:1-12. [PMID: 24648792 PMCID: PMC3931699 DOI: 10.2147/sar.s37907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Alcohol use disorders (AUD) continue to be a concerning health issue worldwide. Harmful alcohol use leads to 2.5 million deaths annually worldwide. Multiple options exist for the management of dependence on alcohol, not all of which are approved by drug-regulating agencies. Current practice in treating AUD does not reflect the diversity of pharmacologic options that have potential to provide benefit, and guidance for clinicians is limited. Few medications are approved for treatment of AUD, and these have exhibited small and/or inconsistent effects in broad patient populations with diverse drinking patterns. The need for continued research into the treatment of this disease is evident in order to provide patients with more specific and effective options. This review describes the neurobiological mechanisms of AUD that are amenable to treatment and drug therapies that target pathophysiological conditions of AUD to reduce drinking. In addition, current literature on pharmacologic (both approved and non-approved) treatment options for AUD offered in the United States and elsewhere are reviewed. The aim is to inform clinicians regarding the options for alcohol abuse treatment, keeping in mind that not all treatments are completely successful in reducing craving or heavy drinking or increasing abstinence.
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- Robin C Wackernah
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, Regis University, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, Regis University, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, Regis University, Denver, CO, USA
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Holm AL, Veerman L, Cobiac L, Ekholm O, Diderichsen F. Cost-effectiveness of changes in alcohol taxation in Denmark: a modelling study. COST EFFECTIVENESS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION 2014; 12:1. [PMID: 24405884 PMCID: PMC3914680 DOI: 10.1186/1478-7547-12-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Introduction Excessive alcohol consumption is a public health problem in many countries including Denmark, where 6% of the burden of disease is due to alcohol consumption, according to the new estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study. Pricing policies, including tax increases, have been shown to effectively decrease the level of alcohol consumption. Methods We analysed the cost-effectiveness of three different scenarios of changed taxation of alcoholic beverages in Denmark (20% and 100% increase and 10% decrease). The lifetime health effects are estimated as the difference in disability-adjusted life years between a Danish population that continues to drink alcohol at current rates and an identical population that changes their alcohol consumption due to changes in taxation. Calculation of cost offsets related to treatment of alcohol-related diseases and injuries, was based on health care system costs from Danish national registers. Cost-effectiveness was evaluated by calculating cost-effectiveness ratios (CERs) compared to current practice. Results The two scenarios of 20% and 100% increased taxation could avert 20,000 DALY and 95,500 DALY respectively, and yield cost savings of -€119 million and -€575 million, over the life time of the Danish population. Both scenarios are thus cost saving. The tax decrease scenario would lead to 10,100 added DALY and an added cost of €60 million. For all three interventions the health effects build up and reach their maximum around 15–20 years after implementation of the tax change. Conclusion Our results show that decreased taxation will lead to an increased burden of disease and related increases in health care costs, whereas both a doubling of the current level of alcohol taxation and a scenario where taxation is only increased by 20% can be cost-saving ways to reduce alcohol related morbidity and mortality. Our results support the growing evidence that population strategies are cost-effective and should be considered for policy making and prevention of alcohol abuse.
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Chartier KG. Focus on: ethnicity and the social and health harms from drinking. Alcohol Res 2014; 35:229-37. [PMID: 24881331 PMCID: PMC3908714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Alcohol consumption is differentially associated with social and health harms across U.S. ethnic groups. Native Americans, Hispanics, and Blacks are disadvantaged by alcohol-attributed harms compared with Whites and Asians. Ethnicities with higher rates of risky drinking experience higher rates of drinking harms. Other factors that could contribute to the different effects of alcohol by ethnicity are social disadvantage, acculturation, drink preferences, and alcohol metabolism. This article examines the relationship of ethnicity and drinking to (1) unintentional injuries, (2) intentional injuries, (3) fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), (4) gastrointestinal diseases, (5) cardiovascular diseases, (6) cancers, (7) diabetes, and (8) infectious diseases. Reviewed evidence shows that Native Americans have a disproportionate risk for alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities, suicides and violence, FAS, and liver disease mortality. Hispanics are at increased risk for alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities, suicide, liver disease, and cirrhosis mortality; and Blacks have increased risk for alcohol-related relationship violence, FAS, heart disease, and some cancers. However, the scientific evidence is incomplete for each of these harms. More research is needed on the relationship of alcohol consumption to cancers, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS across ethnic groups. Studies also are needed to delineate the mechanisms that give rise to and sustain these disparities in order to inform prevention strategies.
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François C, Laramée P, Rahhali N, Chalem Y, Aballéa S, Millier A, Bineau S, Toumi M, Rehm J. A predictive microsimulation model to estimate the clinical relevance of reducing alcohol consumption in alcohol dependence. Eur Addict Res 2014; 20:269-84. [PMID: 25228120 DOI: 10.1159/000362408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2013] [Accepted: 03/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alcohol consumption is one of the most important factors for disease and disability in Europe. In clinical trials, nalmefene has resulted in a significant reduction in the number of heavy-drinking days (HDDs) per month and total alcohol consumption (TAC) among alcohol-dependent patients versus placebo. METHODS A microsimulation model was developed to estimate alcohol-attributable diseases and injuries in patients with alcohol dependence and to explore the clinical relevance of reducing alcohol consumption. RESULTS For all diseases and injuries considered, the number of events (inpatient episodes) increased with the number of HDDs and TAC per year. The model predicted that a reduction of 20 HDDs per year would result in 941 fewer alcohol-attributable events per 100,000 patients, while a reduction in intake of 3,000 g/year of pure alcohol (ethanol) would result in 1,325 fewer events per 100,000 patients. CONCLUSION The potential gains of reducing consumption in alcohol-dependent patients were considerable.
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Shield KD. Chronic diseases and conditions related to alcohol use. Alcohol Res 2014; 35:155-73. [PMID: 24881324 PMCID: PMC3908707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for many chronic diseases and conditions. The average volume of alcohol consumed, consumption patterns, and quality of the alcoholic beverages consumed likely have a causal impact on the mortality and morbidity related to chronic diseases and conditions. Twenty-five chronic disease and condition codes in the International Classification of Disease (ICD)-10 are entirely attributable to alcohol, and alcohol plays a component-risk role in certain cancers, other tumors, neuropsychiatric conditions, and numerous cardiovascular and digestive diseases. Furthermore, alcohol has both beneficial and detrimental impacts on diabetes, ischemic stroke, and ischemic heart disease, depending on the overall volume of alcohol consumed, and, in the case of ischemic diseases, consumption patterns. However, limitations exist to the methods used to calculate the relative risks and alcohol-attributable fractions. Furthermore, new studies and confounders may lead to additional diseases being causally linked to alcohol consumption, or may disprove the relationship between alcohol consumption and certain diseases that currently are considered to be causally linked. These limitations do not affect the conclusion that alcohol consumption significantly contributes to the burden of chronic diseases and conditions globally, and that this burden should be a target for intervention.
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Fekjaer HO. Alcohol-a universal preventive agent? A critical analysis. Addiction 2013; 108:2051-7. [PMID: 23297738 DOI: 10.1111/add.12104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2012] [Revised: 11/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND In observational studies, moderate drinking is associated with a reduced risk of more than twenty different diseases and health problems. However, it would be premature to conclude that there is a causal relationship. METHOD This paper critically reviews the evidence for such associations. FINDINGS It was found that reasons for questioning the causal association of moderate drinking and a reduced health risk are: the lack of dose-response relationships; the characteristics and lifestyles of today's abstainers and moderate drinkers; the lack of plausible biological mechanisms; the problems in the classification of drinking groups, and; the general limitations of observational studies. CONCLUSIONS The evidence for the harmful effects of alcohol is undoubtedly stronger than the evidence for beneficial effects.
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Gordon AJ, Bertholet N, McNeely J, Starrels JL, Tetrault JM, Walley AY. 2013 Update in addiction medicine for the generalist. Addict Sci Clin Pract 2013; 8:18. [PMID: 24499640 PMCID: PMC3819258 DOI: 10.1186/1940-0640-8-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Increasingly, patients with unhealthy alcohol and other drug use are being seen in primary care and other non-specialty addiction settings. Primary care providers are well positioned to screen, assess, and treat patients with alcohol and other drug use because this use, and substance use disorders, may contribute to a host of medical and mental health harms. We sought to identify and examine important recent advances in addiction medicine in the medical literature that have implications for the care of patients in primary care or other generalist settings. To accomplish this aim, we selected articles in the field of addiction medicine, critically appraised and summarized the manuscripts, and highlighted their implications for generalist practice. During an initial review, we identified articles through an electronic Medline search (limited to human studies and in English) using search terms for alcohol and other drugs of abuse published from January 2010 to January 2012. After this initial review, we searched for other literature in web-based or journal resources for potential articles of interest. From the list of articles identified in these initial reviews, each of the six authors independently selected articles for more intensive review and identified the ones they found to have a potential impact on generalist practice. The identified articles were then ranked by the number of authors who selected each article. Through a consensus process over 4 meetings, the authors reached agreement on the articles with implications for practice for generalist clinicians that warranted inclusion for discussion. The authors then grouped the articles into five categories: 1) screening and brief interventions in outpatient settings, 2) identification and management of substance use among inpatients, 3) medical complications of substance use, 4) use of pharmacotherapy for addiction treatment in primary care and its complications, and 5) integration of addiction treatment and medical care. The authors discuss each selected articles' merits, limitations, conclusions, and implication to advancing addiction screening, assessment, and treatment of addiction in generalist physician practice environments.
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- Adam J Gordon
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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Darke S, Duflou J, Torok M, Prolov T. Toxicology, circumstances and pathology of deaths from acute alcohol toxicity. J Forensic Leg Med 2013; 20:1122-5. [PMID: 24237834 DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2013.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2013] [Revised: 09/02/2013] [Accepted: 09/07/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Alcohol consumption makes a large contribution to premature mortality. In order to extend our understanding of the characteristics, circumstances, toxicology and pathology of alcohol toxicity deaths, all cases presenting to the Department of Forensic Medicine Sydney between 1/1/1997-31/12/2011 with blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) ≥0.300 g/100 ml and where the direct cause of death was acute alcohol toxicity were retrieved (n = 83). The mean age was 47.2 yrs and 77.1% were male. The majority (81.9%) of deaths occurred in a home environment, and did not vary across month or day of the week. In 91.6% of cases, a history of alcoholism or heavy alcohol consumption was reported. None were in any form of substance dependence treatment at the time of death. The mean BAC was 0.420 g/100 ml (range 0.300-0.741 g/100 ml). In 33.7% of cases, other substances were detected, predominantly diazepam (28.9%). BACs did not vary significantly by gender, age or BMI. Urine/BAC ratios of >1.25 were seen in 6/43 cases where both samples were available. Cardiac disease was noted in 75.9% of cases and hepatic disease in 91.6%. The only alcohol-related organic brain syndrome pathology identified at autopsy was vermal cerebellar degeneration.
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- Shane Darke
- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia; New South Wales Forensic & Analytical Science Service, Sydney West Local Health District, NSW, Australia.
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Lachenmeier DW, Godelmann R, Witt B, Riedel K, Rehm J. Can resveratrol in wine protect against the carcinogenicity of ethanol? A probabilistic dose-response assessment. Int J Cancer 2013; 134:144-53. [PMID: 23784940 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2013] [Accepted: 05/31/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Resveratrol, which may occur in wine, was suggested to act as a chemopreventive agent against the carcinogenic effects of ethanol. The assumption was based on data from experimental animals, which have shown that resveratrol above certain thresholds may reduce the incidence of tumours in several of the alcohol-related cancer sites (colon, liver and female breast). Using a probabilistic Monte Carlo type methodology, we estimated daily intake based on chemical analysis of resveratrol (n = 672) and ethanol (n = 867). Benchmark dose (BMD)-response modelling was conducted for resveratrol based on eight animal experiments, whereas BMD data for ethanol were taken from the literature. The margin of exposure (MOE) was calculated for both substances as an indicator if the intake may reach effective dosages. For intake of one 100-mL glass of wine, the average MOE was found to be 4.1 for ethanol and 459,937 for resveratrol. In the best-case scenario for resveratrol (e.g., very high contents and assuming a low effective dosage), the minimum MOE would be 111, which means that 111 glasses of wine need to be consumed daily to reach the BMD. The MOE ratio between resveratrol and ethanol is 166,128 on average, meaning that per glass of wine, ethanol is more than 100,000 times more potent than resveratrol. As resveratrol intake may not optimally reach the effective dosage, our study excludes a preventive effect of this substance on alcohol-related cancer. Commercial information about cancer-preventive or -protective effects of resveratrol in wine is misleading and must be prohibited.
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- Dirk W Lachenmeier
- Epidemiological Research Unit, Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Ministry of Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Majid Ezzati
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
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Wannamethee SG. Significance of frequency patterns in 'moderate' drinkers for low-risk drinking guidelines. Addiction 2013; 108:1545-7. [PMID: 23947726 DOI: 10.1111/add.12089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- S Goya Wannamethee
- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London Medical School, Royal Free Campus, London, UK.
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Roerecke M, Rehm J. Alcohol use disorders and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Addiction 2013; 108:1562-78. [PMID: 23627868 DOI: 10.1111/add.12231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2013] [Revised: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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AIMS To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on all-cause mortality in people with alcohol use disorders. METHODS Using the Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) guidelines, studies were identified through MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Web of Science up to August, 2012. Prospective and historical cohort studies including a comparison of alcohol use disorder with a control group investigating all-cause mortality risk were included. RESULTS This meta-analysis included 81 observational studies with 221 683 observed deaths among 853 722 people with alcohol use disorder. In men, the relative risk (RR) among clinical samples was 3.38 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.98-3.84); in women it was 4.57 (95% CI: 3.86-5.42). Alcohol use disorders identified in general population surveys showed a twofold higher risk compared with no alcohol use disorder in men; no data were available for women. RRs were markedly higher for those ≤40 years old (ninefold in men, 13-fold in women) while still being at least twofold among those aged 60 years or older. CONCLUSIONS Mortality in people with alcohol use disorders is markedly higher than thought previously. Women have generally higher mortality risks than men. Among all people with alcohol use disorders, people in younger age groups and people in treatment show substantially higher mortality risk than others in that group.
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- Michael Roerecke
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell St., Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Rehm J, Shield KD. The impact of confounding and alcohol consumption patterns on the calculated risks of alcohol-related diseases. Addiction 2013; 108:1544-5. [PMID: 23947725 DOI: 10.1111/add.12074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Jürgen Rehm
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, , Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Thompson PL. J‐curve revisited: cardiovascular benefits of moderate alcohol use cannot be dismissed. Med J Aust 2013; 198:419-22. [DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Peter L Thompson
- Heart Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA
- School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
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The relationship between alcohol consumption and health outcomes has a long history and has generated much research. Heavy drinking is detrimental to health; however, there is considerable and convincing evidence from both short-term biochemical experimental studies and observational studies of a beneficial association with certain health outcomes related to atherosclerotic processes. This beneficial association is most important for an average alcohol intake of one to two drinks per day. Important factors in determining the magnitude or direction of effects have been identified. Most criticisms based on methodological issues have been dismissed in recent years from an epidemiological point of view. However, important questions remain about the circumstances of such a beneficial association. The net effect of alcohol consumption on health outcomes is detrimental overall, owing to the negative effect of cancers, infectious disease, gastrointestinal diseases, alcohol-use disorders and injuries.
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- Michael Roerecke
- Social and Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1, Canada.
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Shield KD, Rylett M, Gmel G, Gmel G, Kehoe-Chan TAK, Rehm J. Global alcohol exposure estimates by country, territory and region for 2005--a contribution to the Comparative Risk Assessment for the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study. Addiction 2013; 108:912-22. [PMID: 23347092 DOI: 10.1111/add.12112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2012] [Revised: 11/13/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of life-time abstainers, former drinkers and current drinkers, adult per-capita consumption of alcohol and pattern of drinking scores, by country and Global Burden of Disease region for 2005, and to forecast these indicators for 2010. DESIGN Statistical modelling based on survey data and routine statistics. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A total of 241 countries and territories. MEASUREMENTS Per-capita consumption data were obtained with the help of the World Health Organization's Global Information System on Alcohol and Health. Drinking status data were obtained from Gender, Alcohol and Culture: An International Study, the STEPwise approach to Surveillance study, the World Health Survey/Multi-Country Study and other surveys. Consumption and drinking status data were triangulated to estimate alcohol consumption across multiple categories. FINDINGS In 2005 adult per-capita annual consumption of alcohol was 6.1 litres, with 1.7 litres stemming from unrecorded consumption; 17.1 litres of alcohol were consumed per drinker, 45.8% of all adults were life-time abstainers, 13.6% were former drinkers and 40.6% were current drinkers. Life-time abstention was most prevalent in North Africa/Middle East and South Asia. Eastern Europe and Southern sub-Saharan Africa had the most detrimental pattern of drinking scores, while drinkers in Europe (Eastern and Central) and sub-Saharan Africa (Southern and West) consumed the most alcohol. CONCLUSIONS Just over 40% of the world's adult population consumes alcohol and the average consumption per drinker is 17.1 litres per year. However, the prevalence of abstention, level of alcohol consumption and patterns of drinking vary widely across regions of the world.
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- Kevin D Shield
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Rehm J, Roerecke M. Reduction of Drinking in Problem Drinkers and All-Cause Mortality. Alcohol Alcohol 2013; 48:509-13. [DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agt021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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- Tim Stockwell
- Department of Psychology; Centre for Addictions Research of BC, University of Victoria; Technology Enterprise Facility, Room 124; 2300 McKenzie Avenue; Victoria; British Columbia; BC; V8P 5C2; Canada
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Roerecke M, Rehm J. What is best evidence in epidemiology? A reply to Stockwell (2012): the journal publishes both invited and unsolicited letters. Addiction 2013; 108:427-8. [PMID: 23331884 DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.04051.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shield KD, Gmel G, Kehoe-Chan T, Dawson DA, Grant BF, Rehm J. Mortality and potential years of life lost attributable to alcohol consumption by race and sex in the United States in 2005. PLoS One 2013; 8:e51923. [PMID: 23300957 PMCID: PMC3534703 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Accepted: 11/13/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Alcohol has been linked to health disparities between races in the US; however, race-specific alcohol-attributable mortality has never been estimated. The objective of this article is to estimate premature mortality attributable to alcohol in the US in 2005, differentiated by race, age and sex for people 15 to 64 years of age. METHODS AND FINDINGS Mortality attributable to alcohol was estimated based on alcohol-attributable fractions using indicators of exposure from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions and risk relations from the Comparative Risk Assessment study. Consumption data were corrected for undercoverage (the observed underreporting of alcohol consumption when using survey as compared to sales data) using adult per capita consumption from WHO databases. Mortality data by cause of death were obtained from the US Department of Health and Human Services. For people 15 to 64 years of age in the US in 2005, alcohol was responsible for 55,974 deaths (46,461 for men; 9,513 for women) representing 9.0% of all deaths, and 1,288,700 PYLL (1,087,280 for men; 201,420 for women) representing 10.7% of all PYLL. Per 100,000 people, this represents 29 deaths (29 for White; 40 for Black; 82 for Native Americans; 6 for Asian/Pacific Islander) and 670 PYLL (673 for White; 808 for Black; 1,808 for Native American; 158 for Asian/Pacific Islander). Sensitivity analyses showed a lower but still substantial burden without adjusting for undercoverage. CONCLUSIONS The burden of mortality attributable to alcohol in the US is unequal among people of different races and between men and women. Racial differences in alcohol consumption and the resulting harms explain in part the observed disparities in the premature mortality burden between races, suggesting the need for interventions for specific subgroups of the population such as Native Americans.
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- Kevin D Shield
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Rehm J, Shield KD. Alcohol and mortality: Global alcohol-attributable deaths from cancer, liver cirrhosis, and injury in 2010. Alcohol Res 2013; 35:174-83. [PMID: 24881325 PMCID: PMC3908708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Alcohol consumption has long been recognized as a risk factor for mortality. By combining data on alcohol per capita consumption, alcohol-drinking status and alcohol-drinking patterns, risk relationships, and mortality, the Comparative Risk Assessment Study estimated alcohol-attributable mortality for 1990 and 2010. Alcohol-attributable cancer, liver cirrhosis, and injury were responsible for the majority of the burden of alcohol-attributable mortality in 1990 and 2010. In 2010, alcohol-attributable cancer, liver cirrhosis, and injury caused 1,500,000 deaths (319,500 deaths among women and 1,180,500 deaths among men) and 51,898,400 potential years of life lost (PYLL) (9,214,300 PYLL among women and 42,684,100 PYLL among men). This represents 2.8 percent (1.3 percent for women and 4.1 percent for men) of all deaths and 3.0 percent (1.3 percent for women and 4.3 percent for men) of all PYLL in 2010. The absolute mortality burden of alcohol-attributable cancer, liver cirrhosis, and injury increased from 1990 to 2010 for both genders. In addition, the rates of deaths and PYLL per 100,000 people from alcohol-attributable cancer, liver cirrhosis, and injury increased from 1990 to 2010 (with the exception of liver cirrhosis rates for women). Results of this paper indicate that alcohol is a significant and increasing risk factor for the global burden of mortality.
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Ezzati M, Riboli E. Can noncommunicable diseases be prevented? Lessons from studies of populations and individuals. Science 2012; 337:1482-7. [PMID: 22997325 DOI: 10.1126/science.1227001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)--mainly cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases--are responsible for about two-thirds of deaths worldwide, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. There is an urgent need for policies and strategies that prevent NCDs by reducing their major risk factors. Effective approaches for large-scale NCD prevention include comprehensive tobacco and alcohol control through taxes and regulation of sales and advertising; reducing dietary salt, unhealthy fats, and sugars through regulation and well-designed public education; increasing the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, healthy fats, and whole grains by lowering prices and improving availability; and implementing a universal, effective, and equitable primary-care system that reduces NCD risk factors, including cardiometabolic risk factors and infections that are precursors to NCDs, through clinical interventions.
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- Majid Ezzati
- MRC-HPA, Centre for Environment and Health and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK.
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Lachenmeier DW, Steffen C, el-Atma O, Maixner S, Löbell-Behrends S, Kohl-Himmelseher M. What is a food and what is a medicinal product in the European Union? Use of the benchmark dose (BMD) methodology to define a threshold for "pharmacological action". Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2012; 64:286-95. [PMID: 22960033 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2012.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2012] [Revised: 08/13/2012] [Accepted: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The decision criterion for the demarcation between foods and medicinal products in the EU is the significant "pharmacological action". Based on six examples of substances with ambivalent status, the benchmark dose (BMD) method is evaluated to provide a threshold for pharmacological action. Using significant dose-response models from literature clinical trial data or epidemiology, the BMD values were 63mg/day for caffeine, 5g/day for alcohol, 6mg/day for lovastatin, 769mg/day for glucosamine sulfate, 151mg/day for Ginkgo biloba extract, and 0.4mg/day for melatonin. The examples for caffeine and alcohol validate the approach because intake above BMD clearly exhibits pharmacological action. Nevertheless, due to uncertainties in dose-response modelling as well as the need for additional uncertainty factors to consider differences in sensitivity within the human population, a "borderline range" on the dose-response curve remains. "Pharmacological action" has proven to be not very well suited as binary decision criterion between foods and medicinal product. The European legislator should rethink the definition of medicinal products, as the current situation based on complicated case-by-case decisions on pharmacological action leads to an unregulated market flooded with potentially illegal food supplements.
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- Dirk W Lachenmeier
- Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Karlsruhe, Weissenburger Strasse 3, D-76187 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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