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Other Complications of Diabetes
Published in Jahangir Moini, Matthew Adams, Anthony LoGalbo, Complications of Diabetes Mellitus, 2022
Jahangir Moini, Matthew Adams, Anthony LoGalbo
Gastrointestinal complications of diabetes include gastroparesis, intestinal enteropathy, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Some diabetic patients may develop esophageal manifestations. Diabetic neuropathy can be presented as abnormal peristalsis, impaired lower esophageal sphincter tone, and spontaneous contractions. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is also common with diabetes as well as obesity. The liver has features of alcohol-induced injury but without any history of significant alcohol consumption.
Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Syndrome
Published in Michelle Tollefson, Nancy Eriksen, Neha Pathak, Improving Women's Health Across the Lifespan, 2021
Some studies have shown a link between moderate alcohol consumption and a lower risk of heart disease and stroke.77 It is important to advise women that the reasons behind the possible benefit of moderate drinking on heart disease are not clear. However, moderate drinking is linked to breast cancer, violence, and injuries, and therefore women should not be advised to start drinking alcohol for possible health benefits.78
Dietary guidelines and recommendations
Published in Geoffrey P. Webb, Nutrition, 2019
There is no doubt that excessive alcohol intake is damaging to health and so alcohol should be used only in moderation if it is used at all. Alcohol misuse also leads to a range of social problems such as increased crime (e.g. drunken driving, criminal disorder and violence), work absenteeism and family breakdown. What constitutes an acceptable and healthy alcohol intake is a rather more contentious issue. There has been a longstanding belief that small amounts of alcohol may have some beneficial effects upon health by reducing heart disease morbidity and mortality. Excessive alcohol consumption has severe adverse health and social consequences. High alcohol consumption leads to an increased risk of liver disease, strokes, fatal accidents, birth defects, hypertension and several forms of cancer.
Interpersonal abuse and alcohol use among African American young women: the mediating role of emotion dysregulation
Published in Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2023
Anthony E. Hitch, Jennifer L. Brown, Ralph J. DiClemente
To our knowledge, this was the first study to examine the mediational effects of emotion dysregulation on the relation between interpersonal abuse and alcohol-related outcomes in a sample of African American young women who use alcohol enrolled in an HIV prevention trial. Consistent with other studies (La Flair et al., 2013; Radatz & Wright, 2017), women exposed to two or more forms of abuse reported greater problematic alcohol use and heavy alcohol consumption than those with no lifetime history of abuse. However, contrary to literature suggesting that exposure to any abuse is associated with greater likelihood of problematic alcohol use (Goldstein et al., 2017, Miron et al., 2014), experiencing a single form of abuse was not associated with problematic alcohol use or heavy alcohol consumption in this sample. Thus, results suggest that exposure to multiple forms of abuse may pose unique risks for adverse alcohol-related outcomes.
The effect of acute alcohol ingestion on systemic hemodynamics and sleep architecture in young, healthy men
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2022
Daniel K. Payseur, Jacqueline R. Belhumeur, Lisa A. Curtin, Anne M. Moody, Scott R. Collier
It is well-known that chronic alcohol consumption contributes to increased cardiovascular risk.43,44 Furthermore, the association of chronic alcohol use and higher SBP has previously been demonstrated in young adults with a 5.7 mmHg higher SBP in adolescent boys who reported alcohol use compared to non-users.24 Repeated exposures of heavy consumption may produce an additive effect and proliferate the risk for chronic conditions such as hypertension.45 Acutely, research showed immediate increases in vascular measures, to include blood pressure, heart rate variability, and vascular tone after alcohol ingestion in 72 young adults. Similarly, the present study observed immediate increases in SBP after alcohol (30-min post), which remain elevated 12 hours later. Further, the increases in Aix (Table 1) which is related to increases in vascular tone are consistent to increases in blood pressure and aortic systolic pressures. It is well known that increases in Aix have a direct correlation to increased risk for hypertension, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. Additional studies should investigate the chronic ingestion of alcohol and how the vascular adaptations correlate to increases in daytime and nocturnal pressures. While our study only observed significantly elevated SBP, the acute impact indicates some degree of vascular compensation with alcohol.
Black-white disparities in alcohol consumption trends among women in the United States, 1990–2015
Published in Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2021
Corliss A. Solomon, Sarah B. Laditka, Melinda Forthofer, Elizabeth F. Racine
The dependent variable was “alcohol consumption in the past 30 days.” To identify alcohol consumption, participants responded to the following question: “On days that you drank during the past 30 days, how many drinks did you usually have? Count as a drink a can or bottle of beer; a wine cooler or a glass of wine, champagne or sherry; a shot of liquor or a mixed drink or cocktail.” The four outcome variables were coded as follows. Heavy Alcohol Consumption was defined as binge drinking on 5 or more days in the past 30 days (NIAAA, 2008). Binge Alcohol Consumption was defined as having 4 or more alcoholic drinks at the same time or within 2 hours (NIAAA, 2008). If participants reported binge episodes on 4 days or fewer, they were classified as binge alcohol consumption. Moderate Alcohol Consumption was defined as having 1–3 alcoholic drinks per day in the past 30 days (NIAAA, 2008). No Alcohol Consumption was defined as having no alcohol consumption in the past 30 days.