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Association between public health policies on alcohol and worldwide cancer, liver disease and cardiovascular disease outcomes

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J Hepatol. 2023 Nov 20:S0168-8278(23)05278-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2023.11.006. Online ahead of print.

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: The long-term impact of alcohol-related public health policies (PHP) on disease burden is unclear. We aimed to assess the association between alcohol-related PHP and alcohol-related health consequences.

METHODS: Ecological multi-national study including 169 countries. We collected data on alcohol-related PHP from the WHO Global Information System of Alcohol and Health 2010. Data on alcohol-related health consequences between 2010-2019 were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease database. We classified PHP into five items, including criteria for low, moderate, and strong PHP establishment. We estimated an alcohol preparedness index (API) using multiple correspondence analysis (0 lowest and 100 highest establishment). We estimated an incidence rate ratio (IRR) for outcomes according to API using adjusted multilevel generalized linear models with a Poisson family distribution.

RESULTS: The median API in the 169 countries was 54 [IQR:34.9-76.8]. The API was inversely associated with alcohol use disorder prevalence (AUD)(IRR:0.13, 95%CI:0.03-0.60; p=0.010), alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) mortality (IRR:0.14 95%CI:0.03-0.79; p=0.025), mortality due to neoplasms (IRR:0.09, 95%CI:0.02-0.40; p=0.002), alcohol-attributable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (IRR:0.13, 95%CI:0.02-0.65; p=0.014), and cardiovascular diseases (IRR:0.09, 95%CI:0.02-0.41; p=0.002). The highest associations were observed in the Americas, Africa, and Europe. These associations became stronger over time, and AUD prevalence was significantly lower after 2 years, while ALD mortality and alcohol-attributable HCC incidence decreased after 4 and 8 years from baseline API assessment, respectively (p<0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: The API is a valuable instrument to quantify the robustness of alcohol-related PHP establishment. Those countries with a higher API were associated with lower AUD prevalence, ALD mortality, neoplasms, alcohol-attributable HCC, and cardiovascular diseases. Our results encourage the development and strengthening of alcohol-related policies worldwide.

PMID:37992972 | DOI:10.1016/j.jhep.2023.11.006

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