Coronary disease & ACSCohort study
Drinking patterns of alcohol and risk of major adverse cardiovascular events after an acute coronary syndrome
- Prospective cohort study
- multicentre
- 4 Swiss centres
Authors' conclusion
Binge drinking during the year following an ACS, even less than once per month, is associated with worse clinical outcomes.
Study context
- Population
- Patients hospitalised for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) at four Swiss centres
- Participants
- 6,557 patients
- Exposure
- Weekly alcohol consumption categories and binge drinking vs abstinence / no binge drinking
- Heavy weekly consumptionn = 817
- Outcome
- Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE):
- Cardiac death
- MI
- Stroke
- Clinically indicated target vessel coronary revascularization
- Follow-up
- 12 months
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
MACE
Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Heavy vs Abstinence
0.97(0.69–1.36)
Heavy vs Light
1.41(0.97–2.06)
Binge <1 episode/month vs No binge drinking
1.61(1.23–2.11)
Binge ≥1 episode/month vs No binge drinking
2.17(1.66–2.83)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Drinking patterns of alcohol and risk of major adverse cardiovascular events after an acute coronary syndrome. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 23 November 2023. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwad364
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it