alcoholic beverage
Introduction
Ethanol content of various beverages:
One drink = 13.6 grams (1/2 oz of ethanol) in:
- 12 oz of beer
- 5 oz of wine (5 drinks/750 mL bottle)
- 1.5 oz of 80 proof spirits (11 drinks/pint)
- 3 oz of sherry
1 unit in the U.K = 8 grams, thus 2 units/drink[6]
* alcohol levels in these alcholic beverages are actually quite variable
1 United Kingdom unit = 8.1 grams of ethanol
so that 3.5 UK units = 1 oz of ethanol[28]
Benefit/risk
Benefits of moderate alcohol consumption:
Defined as <= 2 drinks/day for men , <= 1 drink/day for women, <= 1 drink/day for elderly (men & women) > 65 years of age[6]*
- diminished risk of congestive heart failure[2]
- no benefit in taking up drinking in middle age, regardless of coronary artery disease status[3]
- diminished risk of cardiovascular disease[18][35][40]
- diminished risk of coronary artery disease
- diminished risk of ischemic stroke in question[41]
- +/- diminished risk of dementia
- RR = 0.58, RR = 0.29 for vascular dementia[4]
- 1 drink/day may diminish risk of dementia in women[5]
- for patients in 70s & 80s without baseline minimal cognitive impairment, no lovel of alcohol consumption associated with risk of dementia[42]
- for patients in 70s & 80s with baseline minimal cognitive impairment, > 14 drinks weekly (vs < 1) associated with risk of dementia (RR=1.7)[42]
- dementia risk with any alcohol consumption not associated with apoE4 allele
- maintaining mild-moderate alcohol consumption or initiation of mild alcohol consumption is associated with decreased risk of dementia[49]
- heavy alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of dementia[49]
- diminished risk of chronic kidney disease[29]
- infrequent alcohol (< 1 drink monthly) associated with 1/2 risk of mild cognitive impairment as non-drinkers or more frequent drinkers[10]
- risk of dementia increased with increasing alcohol consumption only in individuals carrying the apoE4 allele
- may benefit essential tremor
- overall mortality may be favorably affected[18]
- low-moderate alcohol consumption is not associated with diminished all-cause mortality[50]
- diminished all-cause mortality & cardiovascular mortality in hypertensive men[9]
- cardioprotection from moderate drinking is limited to people with unhealthy behaviors[13]
- less weight gain in middle-age women
- regular alcohol consumption associated with less cardiovascular risk than binge drinking for the same amount of alcohol consumed[17]
- occasional drinking may be associated with increased cardiovascular risk[35]
- may diminish biochemical markers of bone turnover & increase bone density in postmenopausal women[19]
- diminished risk of type 2 diabetes (RR=0.7)[31]
- benefits of alcohol limited to men 50-64 years of age & women > 65 years of age[28]
for both men & women, <= 100 grams of alcohol/week (~7 drinks) associated with lowest all-cause mortality[39]
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAAA) recommends adults >= 65 years not drink > 3 drinks/day & not drink > 7 drinks/week[49]
* RR = relative risk
Pharmacokinetics
- alcohol is metabolized in the liver leading to an accumulation of NADH
- high concentrations of NADH inhibit gluconeogenesis by preventing oxidation of lactate to pyruvate, thus increasing risk of lactic acidosis & hypoglycemia
Drug interactions
- in combination with acetaminophen, increases risk of hepatotoxicity
- increases risk of opioid overdose
- increases risk of benzodiazepine overdose
- drug interaction(s) of alcoholic beverage with benzodiazepines
- drug interaction(s) of alcoholic beverage with opiates
- drug interaction(s) of alcoholic beverage with acetaminophen
Complications
- alcoholism
- increased risk of gout[7]
- increased risk of cancer-related death*
- increased risk of gastrointestinal cancers
- even moderate drinking associated with oral cancer, esophageal cancer, laryngeal cancer, & colorectal cancer[37]
- increased risk of colorectal cancer with consumption of > 45 g of alcohol/day (~ 3 drinks), relative risk 1.5[8]
- increased risk of early onset colorectal cancer (< 50 years) with > 0.7 drinks/day (RR=1.1)[52]
- frequent drinking may be a more important risk factor for incident GI cancers than the amount of alcohol consumed per occasion[47]
- although not carcinogenic, associated with risk of cancer in the upper respiratory tract as well as hepatocellular carcinoma in the setting of cirrhosis
- even moderate drinking associated with breast cancer[37]
- increased risk of breast cancer begining with intake of 1-2 drinks/day[6][25]
- risk may be attenuated by folic acid[6][25]
- in male smokers & women, even light-to-moderate drinking is associated with increased risk for alcohol-related cancers*[3]
- responsible for about 3.5% of all cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2009[21]
- any alcohol consumption may increase risk of cancer[40]
- increased risk of gastrointestinal cancers
- increased risk of atrial fibrillation[26]
- relative risks (RR) compared with no alcohol intake
- 1 drink doubles risk of atrial fibrillation within 4 hours[44]
- moderate alcohol consumption (>= 7-14 drinks/week) associated with
- structural brain changes[36]
- reduced gray matter volume[43] & density
- hippocampal atrophy
- reduced white matter microstructural integrity
- reduced lexical fluency[36]
- structural brain changes[36]
- exceeding 100 grams of alcohol/week (~7 drinks) associated with shorter life expectancy at age 40 (2.7 years for men & 1.3 years for women)[39]
- no amount of alcohol is safe[48]
* alcohol-related cancers include: colorectal cancer, breast cancer, oral cancer, pharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer, liver cancer, & esophageal cancer
Management
- brief intervention or counseling by primary care providers can lead to a reduction of alcohol consumption by patients consuming > 2 drinks/day for men (> 1 drink/day if > 65 years (> 14 drinks/week or 4 drinks/occasion), > 1 drink/day for women (> 7 drinks/ week or 3 drinks/occasion), i.e. at risk drinking[6][14]
- reduce alcohol intake to accetable limits for patients with atrial fibrillation
- no recommendation for discontinuing alcohol[6]
Notes
- acute or short term alcohol intake enhances neuronal inhibition through facilitation of GABA-A receptors
- chronic alcohol comsumption may inhibit GABA-A receptors[20]
- prices & taxes on alcohol should be increased[37]
- alcohol companies should not engage in pink-washing (use of pink ribbons or the color pink to raise breast cancer awareness)[37]
- new report suggests lowering limit for legal intoxication to 0.05%, & increasing state & federal taxes on alcohol[38]
More general terms
More specific terms
Additional terms
- alcohol consumption in the elderly
- alcohol during pregnancy
- alcoholism (includes binge drinking)
- at-risk drinking
- ethanol; ethyl alcohol
- medication interactions with alcohol
- screening for alcohol abuse
- teenage use of alcohol
- veisalgia
References
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Labos C The Sick-Quitter Effect: How Alcohol Can Seem Cardioprotective When It Isn't. Medscape. June 29, 2021 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953696
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World Heart Federation. THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ON CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH: MYTHS AND MEASURES. https://world-heart-federation.org/wp-content/uploads/WHF-Policy-Brief-Alcohol.pdf - ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 Jeon KH, Han K, Jeong SM et al Changes in Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Dementia in a Nationwide Cohort in South Korea. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(2):e2254771 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36745453 Free article https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2800994
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