Tag: Alcohol

Association of Habitual Alcohol Intake With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

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Importance Observational studies have consistently proposed cardiovascular benefits associated with light alcohol consumption, while recent genetic analyses (ie, mendelian randomization studies) have suggested a possible causal link between alcohol intake and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, traditional approaches to genetic epidemiology assume a linear association and thus have not fully evaluated dose-response estimates of …

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Prospective associations between alcohol consumption and psychological well-being in midlife

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BackgroundAlcohol consumption potentially influences psychological well-being in beneficial and harmful ways, but prospective studies on the association show mixed results. Our main purpose was to examine prospective associations between alcohol consumption and psychological well-being in middle-aged men and women. MethodsThe study sample included 4148 middle-aged individuals (80% men) from the Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank …

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Associations between alcohol consumption and gray and white matter volumes in the UK Biobank

On By aledopressIn Diet, Neurology

Heavy alcohol consumption has been associated with brain atrophy, neuronal loss, and poorer white matter fiber integrity. However, there is conflicting evidence on whether light-to-moderate alcohol consumption shows similar negative associations with brain structure. To address this, we examine the associations between alcohol intake and brain structure using multimodal imaging data from 36,678 generally healthy …

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The Mortality Index for Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis: A Novel Prognostic Score

On By aledopressIn Diet, Hepatology

ObjectiveTo develop a new scoring system that more accurately predicts 30-day mortality in patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH). MethodsA cohort of consecutive adults diagnosed with AH at a single academic center from January 1, 1998, to December 31, 2018, was identified for model derivation. Multivariate logistic regression was used to create a new scoring system …

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COVID-19 Risk Appears to Vary Across Different Alcoholic Beverages

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Objectives: To evaluate the associations of status, amount, and frequency of alcohol consumption across different alcoholic beverages with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) risk and associated mortality. Methods: This study included 473,957 subjects, 16,559 of whom tested positive for COVID-19. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the associations of alcohol consumption with COVID-19 risk …

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