{"id":1052953,"date":"2010-06-29T08:15:50","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T08:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/alcohol-consumption-and-raised-body-mass-index-bmi-act-together-to-increase-risk-of-liver-disease\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:47:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:47:06","slug":"alcohol-consumption-and-raised-body-mass-index-bmi-act-together-to-increase-risk-of-liver-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/alcohol-consumption-and-raised-body-mass-index-bmi-act-together-to-increase-risk-of-liver-disease.php","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol consumption and raised body mass index (BMI) act together to increase risk of liver disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_LY7APi0bufs\/RrCibh_MkGI\/AAAAAAAABiM\/_pkrSalc4iU\/s1600-h\/Obesity-waist_circumference.PNG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/10ee8_Obesity-waist_circumference.PNG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Drinkers of 15 or more units per week in any BMI category and obese drinkers had raised relative rates for all definitions of liver disease, compared with underweight\/normal weight non-drinkers.<\/p><p>The relative excess risk due to interaction between BMI and alcohol consumption was 5.58.<\/p><p>Raised BMI and alcohol consumption are both related to liver disease, with evidence of a supra-additive interaction between the two.<\/p><p>The occurrence of both factors in the same populations should inform health promotion and public health policies.<\/p><p>References:<\/p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/short\/340\/mar11_1\/c1240\">Effect of body mass index and alcohol consumption on liver disease: analysis of data from two prospective cohort studies<\/a>. 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