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Yan X, Yao B, Chen X, Bo S, Qin X, Yan H. Health insurance enrollment and vision health in rural China: an epidemiological survey. BMC Health Serv Res 2021; 21:761. [PMID: 34332583 PMCID: PMC8325859 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06754-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Vision health is an important aspect of health worldwide. Visual impairment (VI) is associated with poor quality of life and is usually more prevalent in rural areas. To help rural populations obtain vision care, health insurance policies have emerged throughout the world. However, some existing literatures show that health insurance enrollment’s impact on the overall physical health of rural population has been minimal. Focusing on vision health among adults in rural China, our study aims to investigates the impact of health insurance on vision health, heterogeneity of the effect, and the moderating effect of health insurance enrollment on the impact of chronic physical diseases and basic eye diseases on vision health. Methods Primary data were collected through a nation-wide epidemiological survey of vision health conducted in rural China in 2018, with a sample size of 28,787 used in our statistical analysis. Instrumental variables regression and Heckman selection models were conducted to examine the impact of health insurance enrollment and reimbursement ratio adults’ vision health outcomes. Subsample regressions by sex, age, education level, and whether with eye diseases were further conducted to explore the heterogeneity in our results. We then examined whether health insurance enrollment moderates the impact of chronic physical diseases and basic eye diseases on vision health through the method of introducing interaction terms. Results Participating in health insurance reduced the probability of VI by 2.15 %. The reimbursement rate increasing by 1 % point may reduce the probability of worsening VI by 6.12 %. Men (-0.0235, P = 0.0002) benefit more from insurance enrollment than women (-0.0201, P = 0.0082) with respect to vision health. From the young adult group to the oldest group, the marginal effect of health insurance increased from − 0.0068 (P = 0.0394) to -0.0753 (P < 0.0001). The marginal effect on VI was most significant in people with lower education levels and weakened with increased education levels. People with basic eye diseases (-0.0496, P = 0.0033) benefit more from participating insurance than the people without basic eye diseases (-0.0196, P = 0.0001) with respect to vision health. The moderating effects of health insurance enrollment on the impacts of cerebral infarction (-0.1225, P < 0.0001), diabetes (-0.0398, P = 0.0245), hyperlipidemia (-0.1364, P = 0.0271), mental illness (-0.1873, P = 0.0010), glaucoma (-0.1369, P = 0.0073), diabetic retinopathy (-0.1560, P = 0.0043), and retinal vein obstruction (-0.2018, P = 0.0155) on vision health were significantly negative. Conclusions The results suggest that participation in health insurance and higher health insurance reimbursement ratios reduced the risk of VI in the sampled adults. Health insurance has the most significant effect in in vulnerable groups. Heath insurance enrollment moderates the impacts of several chronic physical and basic eye conditions on vision health. Our findings have potential implications for reforming health insurance policies to improve vision health conditions in rural areas of developing countries. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12913-021-06754-0.
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- Xiaochang Yan
- National School of Development, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, 300052, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environment, Nutrition, and Public Health, Center for International Collaborative Research on Environment, Nutrition and Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 300070, Tianjin, China
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- China Foundation for Disabled Persons, Dongcheng District, 100006, Beijing, China
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- School of Economics, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China. .,Institute for Global Health and Development, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, 300052, Tianjin, China.
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Wallach JD, Serghiou S, Chu L, Egilman AC, Vasiliou V, Ross JS, Ioannidis JPA. Evaluation of confounding in epidemiologic studies assessing alcohol consumption on the risk of ischemic heart disease. BMC Med Res Methodol 2020; 20:64. [PMID: 32171256 PMCID: PMC7071725 DOI: 10.1186/s12874-020-0914-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background Among different investigators studying the same exposures and outcomes, there may be a lack of consensus about potential confounders that should be considered as matching, adjustment, or stratification variables in observational studies. Concerns have been raised that confounding factors may affect the results obtained for the alcohol-ischemic heart disease relationship, as well as their consistency and reproducibility across different studies. Therefore, we assessed how confounders are defined, operationalized, and discussed across individual studies evaluating the impact of alcohol on ischemic heart disease risk. Methods For observational studies included in a recent alcohol-ischemic heart disease meta-analysis, we identified all variables adjusted, matched, or stratified for in the largest reported multivariate model (i.e. potential confounders). We recorded how the variables were measured and grouped them into higher-level confounder domains. Abstracts and Discussion sections were then assessed to determine whether authors considered confounding when interpreting their study findings. Results 85 of 87 (97.7%) studies reported multivariate analyses for an alcohol-ischemic heart disease relationship. The most common higher-level confounder domains included were smoking (79, 92.9%), age (74, 87.1%), and BMI, height, and/or weight (57, 67.1%). However, no two models adjusted, matched, or stratified for the same higher-level confounder domains. Most (74/87, 85.1%) articles mentioned or alluded to “confounding” in their Abstract or Discussion sections, but only one stated that their main findings were likely to be affected by residual confounding. There were five (5/87, 5.7%) authors that explicitly asked for caution when interpreting results. Conclusion There is large variation in the confounders considered across observational studies evaluating the impact of alcohol on ischemic heart disease risk and almost all studies spuriously ignore or eventually dismiss confounding in their conclusions. Given that study results and interpretations may be affected by the mix of potential confounders included within multivariate models, efforts are necessary to standardize approaches for selecting and accounting for confounders in observational studies.
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- Joshua D Wallach
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, 60 College Street, 4th Floor, Room 411, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA. .,Collaboration for Research Integrity and Transparency (CRIT), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA. .,Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Health System, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
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- Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford School of Medicine, 1265 Welch Rd, MSOB X306, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.,Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, 150 Governor's Lane, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, 60 College Street, 4th Floor, Room 411, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Collaboration for Research Integrity and Transparency (CRIT), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.,Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Health System, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, 60 College Street, 4th Floor, Room 411, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Health System, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.,Section of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 367 Cedar Street, Ste 405B, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.,National Clinician Scholars Program, Yale School of Medicine, 367 Cedar Street, Ste 405B, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.,Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford School of Medicine, 1265 Welch Rd, MSOB X306, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.,Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, 150 Governor's Lane, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.,Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1265 Welch Rd, MSOB X306, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.,Department of Statistics, Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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Gan S, Zhou X, Yan J, Liu X, Yi J, Zhou X, Liu D, Xie Q, Geng J, Lu Y. The prevalence and risk factors of visual impairment among rural residents aged 50 years and above in Yugan county, China. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2018; 25:331-337. [PMID: 29842804 DOI: 10.1080/09286586.2018.1476557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of the study is to assess the prevalence of visual impairment (PVI) among rural residents aged 50 years and above in Yugan county, China. Researchers analyzed risk factors and obtained scientific baseline information for blindness prevention and control. METHODS Stratified cluster random sampling was used in randomly selecting 5540 rural residents aged ≥50 in Yugan county. Eligible residents were invited to receive visual acuity measurement via ophthalmic examinations. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to analyze any risk factors. RESULTS A total of 5119 rural residents participated the ophthalmic examination and investigation. The PVI was 19.2%. The prevalence of moderate and severe visual impairment (≥20/400 and <20/60) was 16.9%, and blindness (<20/400) was 2.27%. Multivariable logistic regression showed that age, gender, education, occupation, marital status, drinking attitude, dietary habits, amount of sleep, and daily fruit intake were the main factors that were most predictive of the PVI. CONCLUSION The PVI among rural residents aged 50 years and above in Yugan county was higher than many other districts. Preventive work in Yuan and other local regions should be focused on older, separated/divorced, or widowed individuals, and those with a lower level of education. Strengthening public awareness consists of educating the public about visual health promotion and blindness intervention, including healthy diet and healthy habits, which will help to reduce visual impairment of the population.
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- Shaohui Gan
- a School of Public Health and Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Preventive Medicine , Nanchang University , Nanchang , Jiangxi , China
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- a School of Public Health and Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Preventive Medicine , Nanchang University , Nanchang , Jiangxi , China
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- a School of Public Health and Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Preventive Medicine , Nanchang University , Nanchang , Jiangxi , China
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- a School of Public Health and Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Preventive Medicine , Nanchang University , Nanchang , Jiangxi , China
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- b Affiliated eye hospital , Nanchang University , Nanchang , Jiangxi , China
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- c School of Foreign Languages , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou , Guangdong , China
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- a School of Public Health and Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Preventive Medicine , Nanchang University , Nanchang , Jiangxi , China
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- d Department of Public Health Sciences , University of Hawaii at Mānoa , Honolulu , Hawaii , USA
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- d Department of Public Health Sciences , University of Hawaii at Mānoa , Honolulu , Hawaii , USA
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- a School of Public Health and Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Preventive Medicine , Nanchang University , Nanchang , Jiangxi , China.,d Department of Public Health Sciences , University of Hawaii at Mānoa , Honolulu , Hawaii , USA
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Boban M, Stockley C, Teissedre PL, Restani P, Fradera U, Stein-Hammer C, Ruf JC. Drinking pattern of wine and effects on human health: why should we drink moderately and with meals? Food Funct 2016; 7:2937-42. [DOI: 10.1039/c6fo00218h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Epidemiological studies examining the effects of alcoholic beverages on human health may be unclear if they do not take into account drinking pattern parameters such as beverage type, regular moderateversusbinge drinking and drinking with meals.
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- Mladen Boban
- Department of Pharmacology
- University of Split School of Medicine
- 21 000 Split
- Croatia
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- The Australian Wine Research Institute
- Glen Osmond 5061
- Australia
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- Dept. Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences
- Università degli Studi di Milano
- 20133 Milano
- Italy
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- International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV)
- Paris
- France
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Alcohol Consumption, Beverage Preference, and Diet in Middle-Aged Men from the STANISLAS Study. J Nutr Metab 2012; 2012:987243. [PMID: 23056930 PMCID: PMC3465914 DOI: 10.1155/2012/987243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2012] [Revised: 08/08/2012] [Accepted: 09/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The question about differences in dietary patterns associated with beer, wine, and spirits is still unresolved. We used diet data from 423 middle-aged males of the STANISLAS Study. Using adjusted values for covariates, we observed a negative significant association between increasing alcohol intakes and the consumption of milk, yogurt, and fresh/uncured cheese, sugar and confectionery, vegetables and fruits, and a significant positive relationship with cheese, meat and organs, pork-butcher's meat, and potatoes. In addition, the first dietary pattern identified by factor analysis (characterized a more prudent diet) was inversely related to alcohol intakes. Conversely, when analyzing daily consumption of specific food groups and diet patterns according to beverage preference (wine, beer, and spirits), no significant difference was observed. In conclusion, in this sample of middle-aged French males, there was a linear trend between increasing alcohol intakes and worsening of quality of diet, while no difference was observed according to beverage preference.
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McCaul KA, Almeida OP, Hankey GJ, Jamrozik K, Byles JE, Flicker L. Alcohol use and mortality in older men and women. Addiction 2010; 105:1391-400. [PMID: 20528808 DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02972.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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AIMS To compare the effect of alcohol intake on 10-year mortality for men and women over the age of 65 years. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Two prospective cohorts of community-dwelling men aged 65-79 years at baseline in 1996 (n = 11 727) and women aged 70-75 years in 1996 (n = 12 432). MEASUREMENTS Alcohol was assessed according to frequency of use (number of days alcohol was consumed per week) and quantity consumed per day. Cox proportional hazards models were compared for men and women for all-cause and cause-specific mortality. FINDINGS Compared with older adults who did not consume alcohol every week, the risk of all-cause mortality was reduced in men reporting up to four standard drinks per day and in women who consumed one or two drinks per day. One or two alcohol-free days per week reduced this risk further in men, but not in women. Similar results were observed for deaths due to cardiovascular disease. CONCLUSIONS In people over the age of 65 years, alcohol intake of four standard drinks per day for men and two standard drinks per day for women was associated with lower mortality risk. For men, the risk was reduced further if accompanied with 1 or 2 alcohol-free days per week.
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- Kieran A McCaul
- Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
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The aim of this article is to review the role of uric acid in the context of antioxidant effects of wine and its potential implication to human health. We described and discussed the mechanisms of increase in plasma antioxidant capacity after consumption of moderate amounts of wine. Because this effect is largely contributed by acute elevation in plasma uric acid, we paid special attention to wine constituents and metabolic processes that are likely to be involved in uric acid elevation.
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- Mladen Boban
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Split School of Medicine, Soltanska 2, 21000 Split, Croatia.
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Martin J, Barry J, Goggin D, Morgan K, Ward M, O'Suilleabhain T. Alcohol-Attributable Mortality in Ireland. Alcohol Alcohol 2010; 45:379-86. [DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agq032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIM This study investigated the relation between alcohol consumption and the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among 10 530-hypertensive women from the EPIC-NL cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS Alcohol consumption was assessed using a validated food-frequency questionnaire and participants were followed for occurrence of CVD. During 9.4 years follow-up, we documented 580 coronary heart disease (CHD) events and 254 strokes, 165 of which were ischemic. An inverse association (Ptrend=0.009) between alcohol consumption and risk of CHD was observed with a multivariate-adjusted hazard ratio of 0.72 (95% confidence interval: 0.52-1.01) for those consuming 70-139.9 g alcohol/week compared to lifetime abstainers. Of different beverages, only red wine consumption was associated with a reduced risk of CHD. A U-shaped relation (P=0.08) was observed for total stroke with a hazard ratio of 0.65 (0.44-0.95) for consuming 5-69.9 g alcohol/week compared with lifetime abstainers. Similar results were observed for ischemic stroke with a hazard ratio of 0.56 (0.35-0.89) for consuming of 5-69.9 g alcohol/week. CONCLUSION We conclude that moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a reduced risk of CHD among hypertensive women. Light alcohol consumption tended to be related to a lower risk of stroke. Current guidelines for alcohol consumption in the general population also apply to hypertensive women.
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Caspers KM, Yucuis R, McKirgan LM, Spinks R, Arndt S. Lifetime substance misuse and 5-year incidence rates of emergent health problems among middle-aged adults. J Addict Dis 2010; 28:320-31. [PMID: 20155602 DOI: 10.1080/10550880903182796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Understanding the impact of prior substance misuse on emergent health problems is important to the implementation of effective preventive care. This study examined the 5-year incidence rates using a sample of middle-aged adult adoptees (N = 309, mean(age) = 44.32, standard deviation(age) = 7.28). Subjects reported on health problems at two waves of study. DSM-IV diagnoses of substance misuse were obtained using a semi-structured diagnostic interview. Finally, health services utilization and perceived health status were collected. Lifetime diagnoses of marijuana and other non-marijuana substance misuse significantly predicted new occurrences of cardiovascular and metabolic disease. Alcohol misuse predicted earlier onset of cardiovascular disease among men. Marijuana and other non-marijuana drugs predicted earlier onset of cardiovascular disease for men and women. Finally, marijuana and other non-marijuana drugs predicted earlier onset of metabolic disease among men. Substance misuse did not predict health services utilization despite higher rates of disease. These findings emphasize the need to assess lifetime substance misuse when evaluating health risks associated with use.
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- Kristin M Caspers
- Carver College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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BACKGROUND Multiple line of clinical and experimental evidence demonstrates that both acute, moderate, and chronic, excessive alcohol use result in various abnormalities in the functions of the immune system. METHODS Medline and PubMed databases were used to identify published reports with particular interest in the period of 2000-2008 in the subject of alcohol use, infection, inflammation, innate, and adaptive immunity. RESULTS This review article summarizes recent findings relevant to acute or chronic alcohol use-induced immunomodulation and its consequences on host defense against microbial pathogens and tissue injury. Studies with in vivo and in vitro alcohol administration are both discussed. The effects of alcohol on lung infections, trauma and burn injury, liver, pancreas, and cardiovascular diseases are evaluated with respect to the role of immune cells. Specific changes in innate immune response and abnormalities in adaptive immunity caused by alcohol intake are detailed. CONCLUSION Altered inflammatory cell and adaptive immune responses after alcohol consumption result in increased incidence and poor outcome of infections and other organ-specific immune-mediated effects.
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- Gyongyi Szabo
- Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
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Beulens JWJ, Kruidhof JS, Grobbee DE, Chaturvedi N, Fuller JH, Soedamah-Muthu SS. Alcohol consumption and risk of microvascular complications in type 1 diabetes patients: the EURODIAB Prospective Complications Study. Diabetologia 2008; 51:1631-8. [PMID: 18626626 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-008-1091-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2008] [Accepted: 06/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS The aim of this study was to investigate the association between alcohol consumption and risk of microvascular complications (retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy) in type 1 diabetes mellitus patients in the EURODIAB Prospective Complications Study. METHODS The EURODIAB Prospective Complications Study is a follow-up study including 3,250 type 1 diabetes mellitus patients from 16 different European countries. We investigated the cross-sectional association between moderate alcohol consumption and risk of retinopathy, neuropathy and nephropathy among 1,857 of these patients. RESULTS We documented 304 cases of proliferative retinopathy, 660 cases of neuropathy and 157 cases of nephropathy (macroalbuminuria). Alcohol consumption was associated with risk of proliferative retinopathy, neuropathy and macroalbuminuria in a U-shaped fashion. Moderate consumers (30-70 g alcohol per week) had a lower risk of microvascular complications with odds ratios of 0.60 (95% CI 0.37-0.99) for proliferative retinopathy, 0.61 (0.41-0.91) for neuropathy and 0.36 (0.18-0.71) for macroalbuminuria in multivariate-adjusted models. These results were similar when excluding patients who had been advised to drink less alcohol because of their health. The relation was most pronounced for alcohol consumption from wine. Drinking frequency was significantly, inversely associated with risk of neuropathy, but a similar trend was visible for proliferative retinopathy and macroalbuminuria. Alcohol consumption was not associated with occurrence of ketoacidosis or hypoglycaemic attacks. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Consistent with its effects on macrovascular complications, moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower risk of all microvascular complications among type 1 diabetes patients.
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- J W J Beulens
- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Room STR 6.131, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Linneberg A, Roursgaard M, Hersoug LG, Larsen ST. Effects of Alcohol Consumption on the Allergen-Specific Immune Response in Mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2008; 32:553-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00644.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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King DE, Mainous AG, Geesey ME. Adopting moderate alcohol consumption in middle age: subsequent cardiovascular events. Am J Med 2008; 121:201-6. [PMID: 18328303 PMCID: PMC2287372 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2007] [Revised: 11/13/2007] [Accepted: 12/05/2007] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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PURPOSE Moderate alcohol use is part of a healthy lifestyle, yet current guidelines caution nondrinkers against starting to drink alcohol in middle age. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether adopting moderate alcohol consumption in middle age would result in subsequent lower cardiovascular risk. METHODS This study examined a cohort of adults aged 45-64 years participating in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study over a 10-year period. The primary outcome was fatal or nonfatal cardiovascular events. RESULTS Of 7697 participants who had no history of cardiovascular disease and were nondrinkers at baseline, within a 6-year follow-up period, 6.0% began moderate alcohol consumption (2 drinks per day or fewer for men, 1 drink per day or fewer for women) and 0.4% began heavier drinking. After 4 years of follow-up, new moderate drinkers had a 38% lower chance of developing cardiovascular disease than did their persistently nondrinking counterparts. This difference persisted after adjustment for demographic and cardiovascular risk factors (odds ratio 0.62, 95% confidence interval, 0.40-0.95). There was no difference in all-cause mortality between the new drinkers and persistent nondrinkers (odds ratio 0.71, 95% confidence interval, 0.31-1.64). CONCLUSION People who newly begin consuming alcohol in middle age rarely do so beyond recommended amounts. Those who begin drinking moderately experience a relatively prompt benefit of lower rates of cardiovascular disease morbidity with no change in mortality rates after 4 years.
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- Dana E King
- Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
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Volcik KA, Ballantyne CM, Fuchs FD, Sharrett AR, Boerwinkle E. Relationship of alcohol consumption and type of alcoholic beverage consumed with plasma lipid levels: differences between Whites and African Americans of the ARIC study. Ann Epidemiol 2008; 18:101-7. [PMID: 17855114 PMCID: PMC2819069 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.07.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2007] [Revised: 06/21/2007] [Accepted: 07/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE Alcohol consumption has been shown to contribute to a favorable lipid profile, and most studies have reported a reduction in coronary heart disease risk with low-to-moderate consumption of alcohol that is generally attributed to the beneficial effects of alcohol on lipids. The influence of different types of alcoholic beverages on plasma lipid levels has been investigated to a lesser extent and in limited populations. METHODS We investigated the effect of overall alcohol consumption, as well as the type of alcoholic beverage consumed, on multiple lipid measures in the large bi-ethnic population of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. RESULTS We found both low-to-moderate and heavy alcohol consumption, regardless of the type of alcoholic beverage consumed, to result in significantly greater levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, HDL3 cholesterol, and apolipoprotein A-I in both white and African-American males and females. Associations with other lipid measures contrasted between whites and African Americans, with greater levels of alcohol consumption resulting in significantly greater triglyceride levels in African Americans. CONCLUSIONS Our results confirm previous studies associating alcohol consumption, regardless of beverage type, with greater HDL cholesterol levels, with additional consistent associations detected for the major HDL cholesterol density subfraction, HDL3 cholesterol, and the major HDL cholesterol structural apolipoprotein, apolipoprotein A-I.
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- Kelly A Volcik
- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Jastrzebski Z, Gorinstein S, Czyzewska-Szafran H, Leontowicz H, Leontowicz M, Trakhtenberg S, Remiszewska M. The effect of short-term lyophilized beer consumption on established hypertension in rats. Food Chem Toxicol 2006; 45:296-302. [PMID: 17011101 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2005] [Revised: 07/31/2006] [Accepted: 08/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Effects of short-term lyophilized beer (LB) consumption on normotensive (WKY) and hypertensive (SHR) rats are reported. It was found that LB contains high quantities of bioactive compounds and has a high antioxidant potential. The WKY and SHR rats were divided into four groups of 8, two experimental and two controls, which were named LBWKY and LBSHR and ControlWKY and ControlSHR, respectively. LB was given to the rats of the LBWKY and LBSHR groups intragastrically at a dose of 2.72 g/kg in a volume of 10 ml/kg for 10 days. The rats of the control groups received saline solution. The following indices were determined: body weight gain, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, using a tail cuff method and GABA accumulation in the hypothalamus and the pons-medulla as measured by GABA-T inhibition. It was found that the treatment of rats with LB had no effect on the blood pressure and heart rate values. In both rat strains, LB decreased GABA accumulation in the hypothalamus and the pons-medulla. A significant reduction of body weight gain was observed in both LB-treated groups when compared with the corresponding controls. In conclusion, LB contains high quantities of bioactive compounds and possesses a high antioxidant potential. Diet supplemented with LB causes significant reduction of the central GABAergic activity in WKY and SHR rats without any effect on cardiovascular function. In addition, in both animal strains there was an apparent inverse association between LB intake and body weight gains.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zenon Jastrzebski
- Department of Pharmacology, National Institute of Public Health, Chelmska Str. 30/34, 00-725 Warsaw, Poland.
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