August 12, 2024JAMA Network OpenOpen Access

Alcohol Consumption Patterns and Mortality Among Older Adults With Health-Related or Socioeconomic Risk Factors

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High-risk drinking was associated with higher all-cause mortality (HR, 1.33) and cancer mortality, whereas even low-risk intake increased risk in vulnerable older adults.
Prospective cohort study of 135 103 older participants in the UK Biobank evaluated alcohol consumption patterns alongside the frailty index and Townsend deprivation index.
Highlights that even low-risk alcohol consumption patterns increase cancer mortality in vulnerable adults, though wine preference and drinking with meals attenuated excess risk.

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Prospective cohort study finds low- to high-risk alcohol consumption increases mortality in vulnerable older adults, suggesting that baseline health and socioeconomic risks heighten alcohol harms.

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Prospective cohort study finds low- to high-risk alcohol consumption increases mortality in vulnerable older adults, suggesting that baseline health and socioeconomic risks heighten alcohol harms.

Alcohol Consumption Patterns and Mortality Among Older Adults With Health-Related or Socioeconomic Risk Factors

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Alcohol Consumption Patterns and Mortality Among Older Adults With Health-Related or Socioeconomic Risk Factors

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