Combined alcohol use and weight status effects on mortality risk among adults: Analysis of the National Health Interview Survey linked mortality files, 2001-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Both alcohol use and weight status have been linked to increased mortality risk, but evidence of their joint effect is limited. The goal of this study was to examine the combined effects of alcohol and weight status (BMI classes: underweight, normal, overweight, obesity) on mortality using nationally representative data.

Methods

Using data from public-use National Health Interview Survey-Linked Mortality Files (NHIS-LMF), 2001-2011, linked to prospective mortality follow-up through December 2015, we used age-period-cohort Cox proportional hazards models to examine all-cause and cause-specific mortality associated with the joint effects of alcohol use and BMI on 209,317 individuals aged 35-85.

Results

Individuals with an underweight BMI status had higher all

SUBMITTER: Masum M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8717405 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature