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Observational studyThe Gerontologist2016

Alcohol Consumption Levels and All-Cause Mortality Among Women Veterans and Non-Veterans Enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative.

Tracy L Simpson, Eileen Rillamas-Sun, Keren Lehavot, Christine Timko, Amy Rubin, Michael A Cucciare, Emily C Williams, Claudia B Padula, Julie R Hunt, Katherine J Hoggatt

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Observational study in The Gerontologist, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  7. PTSD in Combat Veterans With Cognitive Decline.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Tracy L SimpsonCenter of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle. tracy.simpson@va.gov.
Eileen Rillamas-SunDivision of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington. VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.
Keren LehavotDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle. Health Services Research & Development, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.
Christine TimkoHealth Services Research and Development, Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, California. Stanford University, Menlo Park, California.
Amy RubinSection of General Internal Medicine and the National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Health Care System, Massachusetts. Boston University, Massachusetts.
Michael A CucciareCenter for Mental Health Care and Outcomes Research (CeMHOR), Central Arkansas Veterans Health Care System, Little Rock. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.
Emily C WilliamsHealth Services Research & Development, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington. Department of Health Services, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle.
Claudia B PadulaStanford University, Menlo Park, California. VA Palo Alto Health Care System, California.
Julie R HuntDivision of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
Katherine J HoggattVA HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy (CSHIIP), VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, California. University of California, Los Angeles.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo address research gaps regarding women Veterans' alcohol consumption and mortality risk as compared to non-Veterans, the current study evaluated whether alcohol consumption amounts differed between women Veterans and non-Veterans, whether Veterans and non-Veterans within alcohol consumption groups differed on all-cause mortality, and whether Veteran status modified the association between alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality. DESIGN AND

methodsSix alcohol consumption groups were created using baseline data from the Women's Health Initiative Program (N = 145,521): lifelong abstainers, former drinkers, less than 1 drink/week (infrequent drinkers), 1-7 drinks/week (moderate drinkers), 8-14 drinks/week (moderately heavy drinkers), and 15 or more drinks/week (heavy drinkers). The proportions of Veteran and non-Veteran women within each alcohol consumption category were compared. Mortality rates within each alcohol consumption category were compared by Veteran status. Cox proportional hazard models, including a multiplicative interaction term for Veteran status, were fit to estimate adjusted mortality hazard (rate) ratios for each alcohol consumption category relative to a reference group of either lifelong abstainers or moderate drinkers.

resultsWomen Veterans were less likely to be lifelong abstainers than non-Veterans. Women Veterans who were former or moderate drinkers had higher age-adjusted mortality rates than did non-Veterans within these alcohol consumption categories. In the fully adjusted multivariate models, Veteran status did not modify the association between alcohol consumption category and mortality with either lifelong abstainers or moderate drinkers as referents. IMPLICATIONS: The results suggest that healthcare providers may counsel Veteran and non-Veteran women in similar ways regarding safe and less safe levels of alcohol consumption.

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Cause of DeathHealth BehaviorAgedAlcohol AbstinenceAlcohol DrinkingCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansMiddle AgedProportional Hazards ModelsSmokingUnited StatesVeteransDrinkingHealth behavior practicesMortality riskPostmenopausal womenVeteran status

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PMID26768387
PMCPMC5881619

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