Racial/ethnic differences in the association between alcohol use and mortality among men living with HIV
Bensley KM, McGinnis KA, Fiellin DA, Gordon AJ, Kraemer KL, Bryant KJ, Edelman EJ, Crystal S, Gaither JR, Korthuis PT, Marshall BDL, Ornelas IJ, Chan KCG, Dombrowski JC, Fortney JC, Justice AC, Williams EC. Racial/ethnic differences in the association between alcohol use and mortality among men living with HIV. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2018, 13: 2. PMID: 29353555, PMCID: PMC6389249, DOI: 10.1186/s13722-017-0103-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-risk alcohol useMortality riskAlcohol useRace/ethnicityWhite PLWHMortality rateAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) questionnaireVeterans Aging Cohort StudyCox proportional hazards modelHigh-risk alcohol useAUDIT-C screeningAging Cohort StudyElectronic health record dataRisk of mortalityHigh-risk relativesUnhealthy alcohol useHigher mortality riskProportional hazards modelHealth record dataHigh mortality rateEthnic groupsMale PLWHCohort studyWhite patientsGeneral outpatients