Risk Behaviors Associated with Alcohol Consumption Predict Future Severe Liver Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Excess consumption of alcohol can lead to cirrhosis, but it is unclear whether the type of alcohol and pattern of consumption affects this risk.

Aims

We aimed to investigate whether type and pattern of alcohol consumption early in life could predict development of severe liver disease.

Methods

We examined 43,242 adolescent men conscribed to military service in Sweden in 1970. Self-reported data on total amount and type of alcohol (wine, beer, and spirits) and risk behaviors associated with heavy drinking were registered. Population-based registers were used to ascertain incident cases of severe liver disease (defined as cirrhosis, decompensated liver disease, liver failure, hepatocellular carcinoma, or liver-related mortality). Cox regression models were us

SUBMITTER: Hagstrom H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6584217 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature