Trajectories of alcohol consumption in relation to all-cause mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease: a 35-year prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Research into alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients' prognosis has largely ignored the longitudinal dynamics in drinking behaviour. This study measured the association between alcohol consumption trajectories and mortality risk in CVD patients.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

UK-based Whitehall II Study.

Participants

A total of 1306 participants with incident non-fatal CVD (coronary heart disease/stroke) events.

Measurements

Up to eight repeated measures of alcohol intake were available for each patient from the most recent assessment phase pre-incident CVD and all subsequent phases post-incident CVD, spanning up to three decades. Six trajectory groups of alcohol consumption were identified using group

SUBMITTER: Ding C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9314067 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature