Heavy drinking occasions in relation to ischaemic heart disease mortality-- An 11-22 year follow-up of the 1984 and 1995 US National Alcohol Surveys | Zendy

Michael Roerecke | Zendy; Tom K. Greenfield | Zendy; William C. Kerr | Zendy; Susan J. Bondy | Zendy; Julien Cohen | Zendy; Jürgen Rehm | Zendy

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Heavy drinking occasions in relation to ischaemic heart disease mortality-- An 11-22 year follow-up of the 1984 and 1995 US National Alcohol Surveys

Author(s) -

Michael Roerecke,

Tom K. Greenfield,

William C. Kerr,

Susan J. Bondy,

Julien Cohen,

Jürgen Rehm

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyr129

Subject(s) - ischaemic heart disease , medicine , alcohol consumption , environmental health , heavy drinking , alcohol intake , demography , alcohol , disease , gerontology , injury prevention , poison control , cardiology , biology , sociology , biochemistry

The relationship between alcohol consumption and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) risk is complex and several issues remain unresolved because many studies used rather crude exposure measures often based on one or two questions. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between heavy drinking occasions and IHD mortality while controlling for average daily alcohol intake and separating former drinkers from lifetime abstainers.

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