Although excessive alcohol consumption is a highly prevalent public health problem the data on the associations between alcohol consumption and health outcomes in individuals preferring different types of alcoholic beverages has remained unclear. We examined the relationships between the amounts and patterns of drinking with the data on laboratory indices of liver function, lipid status and inflammation in a national population-based health survey (FINRISK). Data on health status, alcohol drinking, types of alcoholic beverages preferred, body weight, smoking, coffee consumption and physical activity were recorded from 22,432 subjects (10,626 men, 11,806 women), age range 25-74 years. The participants were divided to subgroups based on the amounts of regular alcohol intake (abstainers, moderate and heavy drinkers), patterns of drinking (binge or regular) and the type of alcoholic beverage preferred (wine, beer, cider or long drink, hard liquor or mixed). Regular drinking was found to be more typical in wine drinkers whereas the subjects preferring beer or hard liquor were more often binge-type drinkers and cigarette smokers. Alcohol use in all forms was associated with increased frequencies of abnormalities in the markers of liver function, lipid status and inflammation even at rather low levels of consumption. The highest rates of abnormalities occurred, however, in the subgroups of binge-type drinkers preferring beer or hard liquor. These results demonstrate that adverse consequences of alcohol occur even at moderate average drinking levels especially in individuals who engage in binge drinking and in those preferring beer or hard liquor. Further emphasis should be placed on such patterns of drinking in policies aimed at preventing alcohol-induced adverse health outcomes.
Alcohol Drinking Patterns and Laboratory Indices of Health: Does Type of Alcohol Preferred Make a Difference?
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Authors:
Niemela, O.;Aalto, M.;Bloigu, A.;Bloigu, R.;Halkola, A. S.;Laatikainen, T.
- Issue: Nutrients, volume 14
- Published Date: 2022
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- Adult
- Wine
- aged
- Female
- Humans
- Ethanol
- Beer
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Binge Drinking
- Inflammation
- Lipids
- Harm Reduction
- aged
- Binge Drinking
- WIC AH
- WIC drinking patterns
- AH
- Wine
- Ethanol
- Harm Reduction
- Beer
- liquor
- liquor
- Binge Drinking
- Inflammation
- *Wine
- Adult
- Alcohol Drinking/adverse effects/epidemiology
- *Alcoholic Beverages/adverse effects
- Harm Reduction
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