Differential Associations of Alcohol Use With Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality by Socioeconomic Status in the US, 1997-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

People with low socioeconomic status (SES) experience greater burden from alcohol-attributable health conditions and mortality at equal levels of alcohol consumption compared with those with high SES. A U-shaped association has been established between alcohol use and ischemic heart disease (IHD), but no study has explored how such an association differs by SES in the US.

Objective

To investigate how the association of alcohol use with ischemic heart disease mortality differs by SES in the general US population.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used record-linked, cross-sectional National Health Interview Survey data for US adults aged 25 years and older, covering 1997 to 2018 with mortality follow-up until 2019. Data analysis was perform

SUBMITTER: Zhu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10835511 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature