Electrocardiographic subclinical myocardial injury and alcohol consumption: a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac Infarction/Injury Score (CIIS), an electrocardiographic based scoring system, is a surrogate marker of subclinical myocardial injury (SC-MI) and has shown excellent prognostic value in predicting future cardiovascular mortality. As an association of mild to moderate alcohol consumption with cardiovascular disease (CVD) is conflicting, using an electrocardiographic based scoring system such as CIIS is a simple and cost-effective way to investigate this controversial relationship.

Methods

This analysis included 6090 participants (58.42±13.12 years, 54.2% women) free of CVD from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). We used multivariable linear regression analysis to examine the cross-sectional association between each alcoh

SUBMITTER: Chevli PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6334197 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature