The burden of alcohol-related cardiovascular complications in young and middle-aged adults: rising burden of atrial fibrillation and hypertensive heart disease
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Issued Date
2024-01-01
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ISSN
00015385
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03737934
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85192193820
Pubmed ID
38699921
Journal Title
Acta Cardiologica
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Bibliographic Citation
Acta Cardiologica (2024)
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Danpanichkul P., Wattanachayakul P., Duangsonk K., Ongsupankul S., Sripusanapan A., Uawithya E., Benjanuwattra J., Trongtorsak A., Nathisuwan S., Navaravong L. The burden of alcohol-related cardiovascular complications in young and middle-aged adults: rising burden of atrial fibrillation and hypertensive heart disease. Acta Cardiologica (2024). doi:10.1080/00015385.2024.2346872 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/98314
Title
The burden of alcohol-related cardiovascular complications in young and middle-aged adults: rising burden of atrial fibrillation and hypertensive heart disease
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Abstract
Background and Aims: The burden of alcohol-related complications is high and rising. However, there are notable deficiencies in comprehensive epidemiological study focusing on cardiovascular complications from alcohol, especially among young and middle-aged adults. We thus aimed to determine the burden of these conditions in young and middle-aged adults globally. Methods and Results: We used data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 and analysed the mortality and disability-adjusted life years of alcohol-associated cardiovascular complications in young and middle-aged adults. The findings were classified by sex, region, country, and Sociodemographic Index (SDI). The highest age-standardized death rates (ASDR) were observed in stroke 0.84 (95% UI 0.60–1.09), followed by alcoholic cardiomyopathy 0.57 (95% UI 0.47–0.66) per 100,000 population. The overall burden of alcohol-associated cardiovascular complications decreased globally but increased in atrial fibrillation and hypertensive heart disease. Regionally, most regions underwent a decrease in ASDR, but an increase was observed in Southeast Asia (+2.82%), Western Pacific (+1.48%), low-middle (+1.81%), and middle SDI (+0.75%) countries. Nevertheless, the ASDR and ASDALYs were highest in Europe. Conclusions: The impact of alcohol-associated atrial fibrillation and hypertensive heart disease has increased over the last decades. Regarding region, the burden in Europe and the rising burden in Asia, require immediate public health policy to lessen these cardiovascular complications from alcohol in young and middle-aged adults.