Alcohol is estimated to be responsible for about three million deaths worldwide each year, and while the harmful effects of heavy drinking for certain diseases are well known, what are the other likely conditions?
Self-reported and genotype-predicted mean alcohol intake are associated with a higher burden of carotid plaque among a cohort of Chinese men, but not carotid intima-media thickness, researchers reported. In a study of more than 22,000 Chinese adults with biobank data, the researchers also found that the genetic associations were not observed for women — among whom few drank alcohol
In a genetic epidemiological study, the assumed protective effect of moderate alcohol consumption on CV events was noncausal, and any level of alcohol consumption was associated with increased BP and stroke risk in men.“Using genetics is a novel way to assess the health effects of alcohol, and to sort out whether moderate drinking really is protective, or whether it’s slightly
Chronic hepatitis B virus infection was significantly associated with an increased risk for intracerebral hemorrhage but not other types of stroke in Chinese adults, according to data presented at the EASL Congress.
“China has the greatest burden of hepatitis B in the world,” Elizabeth Hamilton, a DPhil candidate in the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University
Alcohol consumption increases the risks of over 60 diseases in Chinese men, including many diseases not previously linked to alcohol, according to a new study by researchers from Oxford Population Health, Peking University, and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. The study is published today in Nature Medicine.