The association of alcohol use with all-cause and cardiovascular disease-related hospitalizations or death in older, high-risk Veterans.
Dan V BlalockJanet GrubberValerie A SmithDonna M ZulmanHollis J WeidenbacherLiberty GreeneEric A DedertMatthew L MaciejewskiPublished in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2021)
These findings suggest that the complex association between alcohol and all-cause acute healthcare utilization found in the broader population is similar in older, high-risk Veteran patients. These findings do not support an association between alcohol consumption and CVD-specific hospitalizations.