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

SUBMITTER: Patra J 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature