Poikolainen, Kari, Paljarvi, Tapio ![]() |
Abstract
Aims: To study the risk factors for hospitalizations and deaths due to alcohol-specific diagnoses. Methods: Representative samples of men (n = 4431) aged 15–69 at the baseline interviews in September 1969, 1976 and 1984 were pooled. Follow-up was 16.3 years or to the first end-point. The main outcome measure was hospitalization (main cause) or death (underlying or contributory cause) due to an alcohol-specific diagnosis. Results: There were altogether 216 men with either hospitalization or death with an alcohol-specific diagnosis. This outcome was positively associated with smoking, overall alcohol intake, being an ex-drinker and being divorced or widowed. Similar associations and relative risk estimates were found when cases of alcohol dependence were excluded and when focusing on alcohol psychosis or on alcohol-specific diseases of the stomach, liver and pancreas. Conclusion: Cigarette smoking, overall alcohol intake, being an ex-drinker and marital status associate with alcohol-specific hospitalizations and deaths and can predict these outcomes.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Medicine |
Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
ISSN: | 0735-0414 |
Date of Acceptance: | 29 January 2011 |
Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2022 10:55 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/93222 |
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