Implications of Cardioprotective Assumptions for National Drinking Guidelines and Alcohol Harm Monitoring Systems.

ABSTRACT: The existence and potential level of cardioprotection from alcohol use is contested in alcohol studies. Assumptions regarding the risk relationship between alcohol use and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) are critical when providing advice for national drinking guidelines and for designing alcohol harm monitoring systems. We use three meta-analyses regarding alcohol use and IHD risk to investigate how varying assumptions lead to differential estimates of alcohol-attributable (AA) deaths and weighted relative risk (RR) functions, in Australia and Canada. Alcohol exposure and mortality data were acquired from administrative sources and AA fractions were calculated using the International Model of Alcohol Harms and Policies. We then customized a recent Global Burden of Disease (GBD) analysis to

SUBMITTER: Sherk A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6950575 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature