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Impact of body mass and alcohol consumption on all-cause and liver mortality in 240 000 adults in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nationally representative studies of the combined impact of drinking and body mass (BMI) on mortality outcomes are unavailable. We investigate whether both act together to elevate risk of all-cause or liver mortality.

Methods

We obtained self-reported histories of drinking and BMI from 129 098 women (mean age 47.2 years) and 102 568 men (mean age 45.6 years) ≥18 years interviewed from 1997 to 2004 in the National Health Interview Survey and related these data to the deaths that occurred by 31 December 2006 (women = 8486; men = 7819 deaths). Death hazards among current drinkers in different BMI groups were adjusted for age, education, race and smoking.

Results

Obese (≥30 kg m^-2 ) adults with consumption of >40 g day^-1 (women) or >60 g day^-1 (men) pure ethanol were at risk of increased mortality from all-cause and chronic liver disease (P trend <0.0001). For heavy drinkers with BMI ≥30 kg m^-2 , each 5 kg m^-2 higher BMI was associated with an elevated all-cause mortality in men (hazard ratios 1.27, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.16-1.40) and women (1.12, [1.02-1.24]). The excess risk due to interaction was more pronounced in men (7.30, [3.60-11.00]) than women (2.90, [0.50-5.30]).

Discussion and conclusions

Obesity and excess alcohol are both related to all-cause and liver mortality-the latter with evidence of a supra-additive interaction between the risk factors. The presence of both factors in the same population and their impact should inform treatment, public health policies and research.

SUBMITTER: Patra J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9383267 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Impact of body mass and alcohol consumption on all-cause and liver mortality in 240 000 adults in the United States.

Patra Jayadeep J Buckley Charlotte C Kerr William C WC Brennan Alan A Purshouse Robin C RC Rehm Jürgen J

Drug and alcohol review 20210308 6

<h4>Introduction</h4>Nationally representative studies of the combined impact of drinking and body mass (BMI) on mortality outcomes are unavailable. We investigate whether both act together to elevate risk of all-cause or liver mortality.<h4>Methods</h4>We obtained self-reported histories of drinking and BMI from 129 098 women (mean age 47.2 years) and 102 568 men (mean age 45.6 years) ≥18 years interviewed from 1997 to 2004 in the National Health Interview Survey and related these data to the d ...[more]

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