Association of drinking pattern with risk of coronary heart disease incidence in the middle-aged and older Chinese men: Results from the Dongfeng-Tongji cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Epidemiologic studies have found that moderate alcohol consumption was associated with a decreased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence. Nevertheless, whether the drinking pattern is associated with CHD incidence still remains inconclusive.

Methods

We included 8,469 Chinese men aged 45-81 years, who were free of CHD, stroke, or cancer at baseline from Dongfeng-Tongji cohort. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect information on alcohol consumption and other covariates. Cox proportional hazard regression model was applied to estimate the multivariable-adjusted hazard rations (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs).

Results

During an average of 4.36 years of follow-up, we identified 959 incident CHD events. Compared with non-drinke

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5444775 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature