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Young Drinkers Beware: Binge Drinking May Cause Stroke, Heart Risks

A study found that young adults who frequently binge drink were more likely to have cardiovascular risk factors like higher blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar at a younger age than non-binge drinkers. Young men who reported repeated binge drinking had higher systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol, while young women who repeatedly binge drank had higher blood sugar levels compared to non-binge drinkers. The study examined these risk factors in over 4,700 adults ages 18-45 and found that high-frequency binge drinking was reported by 25.1% of men and 11.8% of women, showing that binge drinking rates are at an all-time high among young people.

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Young Drinkers Beware: Binge Drinking May Cause Stroke, Heart Risks

A study found that young adults who frequently binge drink were more likely to have cardiovascular risk factors like higher blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar at a younger age than non-binge drinkers. Young men who reported repeated binge drinking had higher systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol, while young women who repeatedly binge drank had higher blood sugar levels compared to non-binge drinkers. The study examined these risk factors in over 4,700 adults ages 18-45 and found that high-frequency binge drinking was reported by 25.1% of men and 11.8% of women, showing that binge drinking rates are at an all-time high among young people.

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Young drinkers beware: Binge drinking may cause stroke, heart


risks

You might want to think before you go out drinking again tonight.

Research by Mariann Piano, senior associate dean of research at Vanderbilt University


School of Nursing, has found that young adults who frequently binge drink were more
likely to have specific cardiovascular risk factors such as higher blood pressure,
cholesterol and blood sugar at a younger age than non-binge drinkers.
In a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers found
that binge drinking by young men was associated with higher systolic blood pressure (the
force on blood vessels when the heart beats) and that frequent binge drinking had
additional effects on cholesterol, both factors in contributing to cardiovascular disease.
Female binge drinkers had higher blood glucose levels than abstainers.
In reporting her findings, Piano, PhD, FAAN, the Nancy and Hilliard Travis Professor at
Vanderbilt, said that young adults need to be aware that repeated binge drinking may
have consequences beyond the immediate.
"The risk extends beyond poor school performance and increased risk for accidental
injury," she said.
Current evidence suggests that development of high blood pressure before age 45 is
associated with significantly higher risks of cardiovascular death later in life.
The study also found differences in how binge drinking affected young men and women.
Young men who reported that they repeatedly binge drink had higher systolic blood
pressure and total cholesterol while young women who repeatedly binge drink had higher
blood sugar levels compared to non-binge drinkers.
Piano and her co-authors examined high blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and
other cardiovascular risks in 4,710 adults ages 18-45 who responded to the 2011-2012
and 2013-2014 U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Participants were
classified as non-drinkers, binge drinkers 12 times or less a year, and high-frequency
binge drinkers (more than 12 times a year).
High-frequency binge drinking was reported by 25.1 percent of men and 11.8 percent of
women. Binge drinking 12 times a year or less was reported by 29.0 percent of men and
25.1 percent of women.
Binge drinking rates are at an all-time high, Piano said. One in five college-age students
reports three or more binge drinking episodes in the prior two weeks. More students drink
to get drunk, then black out. They consume six to seven drinks per binge drinking episode.
Compared to previous generations, the pervasiveness, regularity and intensity of binge
drinking may place today's youth at greater risk for alcohol-related harm.
The study's co-authors are Larisa Burke, MPH; Minkyung Kang, PhD; and Shane A.
Phillips, PhD, MPT.
National Institutes of Health grant #AA024535 funded the study. Journal of the American
Heart Association is the Open Access Journal of the American Heart
Association/American Stroke Association.

References:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center. (2018, August 9). Young drinkers beware: Binge
drinking may cause stroke, heart risks. ScienceDaily. Retrieved August 10, 2018 from
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180809175102.htm

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