Lifecourse Drinking Patterns, Hypertension, and Heart Problems Among U.S. Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Understanding the role of alcohol in hypertension and heart problems requires a lifecourse perspective accounting for drinking patterns before onset of health problems that distinguishes between lifetime abstinence and former drinking, prior versus current drinking, and overall alcohol consumption in conjunction with heavy episodic drinking. Using prospective data among U.S. adults aged 21-55 years, this study accounts for these lifecourse factors to investigate the effect of alcohol on hypertension and heart problems.

Methods

Data from the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, aged 14-21 years in 1979 and followed through 2012 (n=8,289), were analyzed in 2017-18 to estimate hypertension and heart problems onset from lifecourse drinking patterns. Discrete-

SUBMITTER: Lui CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7176748 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature