Vanessa Y Cho, Robert P Anthonappa
Visual attention to food cues and dental caries-Are they associated?
International journal of paediatric dentistry
hazardous alcohol use leading risk factor disability death yet observational studies also reported reduced cardiovascular disease mortality among regular lowlevel drinkers findings refuted recent research yet received significant media coverage aimed explore 1 patients cardiovascular diseases access health information moderate drinking cardiovascular health 2 perceived messages sources convey 3 associations level alcohol use conducted crosssectional survey patients cardiology services three hospitals sweden study outcome hazardous alcohol use assessed using auditc questionnaire defined 3 women 4 men exposure accessing information sources suggesting moderate alcohol consumption good heart opposed accessing information alcohol bad heart health information sources described using descriptive statistics gender age education adjusted multiple logistic regression analyses total 330 663 498 patients mean age 705 years 65 males heard drinking moderately affect heart described exposed reports moderate alcohol use good heart 108 217 met criteria hazardous alcohol use health information sources included newspapers 329 television 292 healthcare staff 134 friendsfamily 118 social media 89 websites 37 participants indicated reports 779 conveyed mixed messages cardiovascular effects moderate drinking exposure reports healthy heart effects mixed messages cardiovascular effects alcohol associated increased odds hazardous alcohol use 167 95ci 102274 study suggests many patients cardiology care access health information alcohol media sources convey mixed messages cardiovascular effects alcohol exposure reports moderate drinking protective cardiovascular effects mixed messages cardiovascular effects alcohol associated increased odds hazardous alcohol use findings highlight need clear consistent messages health effects alcohol