| Title | The effect of prevalent cardiovascular conditions on the association between alcohol consumption and mortality among older Mexican American men |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2013 |
| Authors | AlGhatrif, M, Markides, KS, Kuo, YF, Ray, LA, Moore, AA |
| Journal | Ethn DisEthn Dis |
| Volume | 23 |
| Pagination | 168-74 |
| Date Published | Spring |
| ISBN Number | 1049-510X (Print)<br/>1049-510X (Linking) |
| Accession Number | 23530297 |
| Keywords | Aged, Aged, 80 and Over, Alcohol Drinking/ ethnology/mortality, Diabetes Mellitus/ ethnology/mortality, Humans, Male, Mexican Americans/statistics & numerical data, Myocardial Infarction/ ethnology/mortality, Prevalence, Southwestern United States/ethnology, Stroke/ ethnology/mortality, Survival Analysis |
| Abstract | PURPOSE: To examine the association between alcohol consumption and mortality among older Mexican American men, with and without pre-existing cardiovascular conditions. METHODS: We conducted survival analysis among 908 men aged 65-80 years from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly (H-EPESE), a longitudinal population-based study of older Mexican Americans who reside in the southwestern United States. Men were categorized into four alcohol-consumption groups: lifetime abstainers, former drinkers, low risk drinkers (30 drinks/month or >3 drinks/occasion) and stratified into two groups: those with and those without pre-existing cardiovascular conditions. Mortality was ascertained from 1993-1994 to 2007. RESULTS: Among participants without pre-existing cardiovascular conditions, former, low risk, and at-risk drinkers had a lower risk for all-cause mortality compared to lifetime abstainers [HR: .70, 95% CI (.50-.99), .64 (.42-.97) and .60 (.40-.92), respectively]. There was no statistically significant association between mortality and any of the alcohol consumption groups among those with cardiovascular conditions. CONCLUSIONS: Among older Mexican-American men without cardiovascular conditions, former and current drinkers had lower mortality compared to abstainers. No such associations were observed between alcohol use and mortality among those with cardiovascular conditions. |
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