Alcohol intake and incidence of coronary disease in Australian Aborigines
Aims: To examine risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in relation to alcohol in a cohort of Australian Aborigines. Methods: In 1988–1989, alcohol intake, drinking pattern, and beverage preference were elicited by interviewer-administered questionnaire in Western Aus...
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2007
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| author | Burke, V. Lee, Andy Hunter, E. Spargo, R. Smith, R. Beilin, L. Puddey, I. |
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| description | Aims: To examine risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in relation to alcohol in a cohort of Australian Aborigines. Methods: In 1988–1989, alcohol intake, drinking pattern, and beverage preference were elicited by interviewer-administered questionnaire in Western Australian Aborigines (258 men, 256 women) and cardiovascular outcomes ascertained through linkage to mortality and hospital admission records to 2002. Results: In proportional hazards models, risk for CHD, relative to lifetime abstainers, was significantly increased in ex-drinkers [Hazard ratio (HR) 2.29, 95% CL 1.23, 4.27], those drinking 41–60 g/day in men or 21–40 g/day in women (HR 2.80, 95% CL 1.04, 7.53), and those drinking >150 g/day for men or >100 g/day for women (HR 2.25, 95% CL 1.03, 4.90) with a J-shaped relationship. Low-to-moderate drinkers had lower waist girth, exercised more, and had a lower prevalence of overweight and smoking than at-risk drinkers. A preference for wine was associated with lower HR (0.28, 95% CL 0.10, 0.95). With CVD, only ex-drinkers showed significantly increased risk (HR 1.87, 95% CL 1.20, 2.91). Conclusions: More favourable health-related behaviours in low-to-moderate drinkers suggest that lower risk could be mediated by lifestyle, as proposed in other populations. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-59752018-12-14T00:46:39Z Alcohol intake and incidence of coronary disease in Australian Aborigines Burke, V. Lee, Andy Hunter, E. Spargo, R. Smith, R. Beilin, L. Puddey, I. Aims: To examine risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in relation to alcohol in a cohort of Australian Aborigines. Methods: In 1988–1989, alcohol intake, drinking pattern, and beverage preference were elicited by interviewer-administered questionnaire in Western Australian Aborigines (258 men, 256 women) and cardiovascular outcomes ascertained through linkage to mortality and hospital admission records to 2002. Results: In proportional hazards models, risk for CHD, relative to lifetime abstainers, was significantly increased in ex-drinkers [Hazard ratio (HR) 2.29, 95% CL 1.23, 4.27], those drinking 41–60 g/day in men or 21–40 g/day in women (HR 2.80, 95% CL 1.04, 7.53), and those drinking >150 g/day for men or >100 g/day for women (HR 2.25, 95% CL 1.03, 4.90) with a J-shaped relationship. Low-to-moderate drinkers had lower waist girth, exercised more, and had a lower prevalence of overweight and smoking than at-risk drinkers. A preference for wine was associated with lower HR (0.28, 95% CL 0.10, 0.95). With CVD, only ex-drinkers showed significantly increased risk (HR 1.87, 95% CL 1.20, 2.91). Conclusions: More favourable health-related behaviours in low-to-moderate drinkers suggest that lower risk could be mediated by lifestyle, as proposed in other populations. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5975 10.1093/alcalc/agl102 Oxford University Press unknown |
| spellingShingle | Burke, V. Lee, Andy Hunter, E. Spargo, R. Smith, R. Beilin, L. Puddey, I. Alcohol intake and incidence of coronary disease in Australian Aborigines |
| title | Alcohol intake and incidence of coronary disease in Australian Aborigines |
| title_full | Alcohol intake and incidence of coronary disease in Australian Aborigines |
| title_fullStr | Alcohol intake and incidence of coronary disease in Australian Aborigines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alcohol intake and incidence of coronary disease in Australian Aborigines |
| title_short | Alcohol intake and incidence of coronary disease in Australian Aborigines |
| title_sort | alcohol intake and incidence of coronary disease in australian aborigines |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5975 |