Alcohol and cause-specific mortality in Russia: the Know Your Heart Study 2015-23.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol-related mortality in Russia exceeds the world average and presents a critical public health concern. This study assesses the impact of alcohol consumption levels on mortality and investigates mortality predictors among Russians, including people treated for alcohol-related diagnoses (narcology patients).

Methods

We examined 2629 men and women aged 35-69 years who participated in the Know Your Heart study (2015-17), Arkhangelsk, Russia. The participants were categorized into five drinking levels (non-drinking, low-risk, hazardous, harmful, narcology patients) and followed up using a regional mortality database. We used Cox proportional hazards regressions to analyze sociodemographic and cardiovascular biomarkers as mortality predictors among narcology patie

SUBMITTER: Mitkin NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11555830 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature