Alcohol dependence and risk of somatic diseases and mortality: a cohort study in 19 002 men and women attending alcohol treatment.

Charlotte Holst Janne Schurmann TolstrupHolger Jelling SørensenUlrik Becker

Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2017)

Alcohol-dependent men and women have significantly higher risks of a comprehensive spectrum of somatic diseases, both as disease events and as causes of death, relative to individuals from the general population.

Keyphrases

alcohol consumption
copy number
cardiovascular events
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease
gene expression
risk assessment
dna methylation
combination therapy