Hazardous alcohol use: a cross-sectional study of cardiology patients in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol use is understudied in cardiology settings. We investigated the prevalence of hazardous alcohol use and probable dependence among cardiology patients.

Methods

Cross-sectional study in three regions of Sweden. Alcohol use was assessed using the AUDIT-10 questionnaire. We defined hazardous alcohol use as: AUDIT-10 ≥ 6 for women or ≥ 8 for men (primary definition) and probable dependence as AUDIT-10 ≥ 13 for women or ≥ 15 for men. We examined associations using logistic regression.

Results

We included 1107 participants (median age = 73 years; range = 18-102; 66% men). The prevalence of hazardous alcohol use was 7.8% (95%CI = 6.2-9.3, primary definition) and 0.9% (95%CI = 0.3-1.5) had probable alcohol dependence. We found increased odds of hazardous alc

SUBMITTER: Welfordsson P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12395949 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature