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. 2025 Jun 10:qcaf036.
doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcaf036. Online ahead of print.

Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy-Attributed Mortality in Europe, 2012-2020

Marco Zuin  1   2   3 , Fernando Domínguez  4 , Chiara Dalla Valle  5 , Alessandro Maloberti  6 , Catia De Rosa  7 , Marco Mojoli  8 , Massimiliano Rizzo  9 , Francesco Ciccirillo  10 , Alfredo Madrid  11 , Claudio Bilato  5 , Carmine Riccio  12 , Massimo Grimaldi  13 , Furio Colivicchi  14 , Leonardo De Luca  15 , Alessandro Navazio  16 , Fabrizio Oliva  17   18 , Pier Luigi Temporelli  19
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Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy-Attributed Mortality in Europe, 2012-2020

Marco Zuin et al. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. .

Abstract

Background and aims: Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (AC) is an important cause of cardiovascular disease worldwide. However, assessments of recent trends in the contribution of AC to European mortality are limited. To assess the trends in AC-attributable mortality in Europe from 2012 to 2020 across age, sex and European subregions.

Methods and results: AC-attributed mortality data from 2012 to 2020 were obtained from the World Health Organization (WHO) mortality database, while alcohol consumption trends were sourced from the WHO NCD dataset. Age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) were analyzed using joinpoint regression to calculate average annual percentage change (AAPC) with 95% confidence intervals. A parallelism test was used to compare trends via pairwise joinpoint regression analysis. From 2012 to 2020, 504,096 subjects (387,387 men and 116,709 women) died from AC, equating to 634.5 deaths per 100,000 population. The relative AAMR decreased over the study period [AAPC: -4.7% (95% CI: -5.4 to -3.9), p<0.001], especially in women compared to men (p for parallelism=0.006). The decrease in AC-attributable mortality was greater among subjects aged 70 years and older compared to those younger than 70 (p for parallelism 0.001). The AAMRs for the AC-attributable mortality decreased in all European subregions except in the South. Analysis of the WHO NCD dataset revealed an average annual alcohol consumption of 10.8 liters in 2012 and 9.9 liters in 2020 in Europe, reflecting an approximately 8.3% decrease.

Conclusion: AC-attributable mortality in Europe has declined over the past decade, paralleling a reduction in alcohol consumption.

Keywords: alcohol consumption; alcohol-induced cardiomyopathy; mortality trend.

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