Long-term opiate use and risk of cardiovascular mortality : results from the Golestan Cohort Study

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AIMS: Tens of millions of people worldwide use opiates but little is known about their potential role in causing cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to study the association of long-term opiate use with cardiovascular mortality and whether this association is independent of the known risk factors.

METHODS AND RESULTS: In the population-based Golestan Cohort Study-50 045 Iranian participants, 40-75 years, 58% women-we used Cox regression to estimate hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals (HRs, 95% CIs) for the association of opiate use (at least once a week for a period of 6 months) with cardiovascular mortality, adjusting for potential confounders-i.e. age, sex, education, wealth, residential place, marital status, ethnicity, and tobacco and alcohol use. To show independent association, the models were further adjusted for hypertension, diabetes, waist and hip circumferences, physical activity, fruit/vegetable intake, aspirin and statin use, and history of cardiovascular diseases and cancers. In total, 8487 participants (72.2% men) were opiate users for a median (IQR) of 10 (4-20) years. During 548 940 person-years-median of 11.3 years, >99% success follow-up-3079 cardiovascular deaths occurred, with substantially higher rates in opiate users than non-users (1005 vs. 478 deaths/100 000 person-years). Opiate use was associated with increased cardiovascular mortality, with adjusted HR (95% CI) of 1.63 (1.49-1.79). Overall 10.9% of cardiovascular deaths were attributable to opiate use. The association was independent of the traditional cardiovascular risk factors.

CONCLUSION: Long-term opiate use was associated with an increased cardiovascular mortality independent of the traditional risk factors. Further research, particularly on mechanisms of action, is recommended.

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CommentIn: Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022 May 6;29(6):e237-e238. - PMID 34718505

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

European journal of preventive cardiology - 28(2021), 1 vom: 23. März, Seite 98-106

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nalini, Mahdi [VerfasserIn]
Shakeri, Ramin [VerfasserIn]
Poustchi, Hossein [VerfasserIn]
Pourshams, Akram [VerfasserIn]
Etemadi, Arash [VerfasserIn]
Islami, Farhad [VerfasserIn]
Khoshnia, Masoud [VerfasserIn]
Gharavi, Abdolsamad [VerfasserIn]
Roshandel, Gholamreza [VerfasserIn]
Khademi, Hooman [VerfasserIn]
Zahedi, Mahdi [VerfasserIn]
Abedi-Ardekani, Behnoush [VerfasserIn]
Vedanthan, Rajesh [VerfasserIn]
Boffetta, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Dawsey, Sanford M [VerfasserIn]
Pharaoh, Paul D [VerfasserIn]
Sotoudeh, Masoud [VerfasserIn]
Abnet, Christian C [VerfasserIn]
Day, Nicholas E [VerfasserIn]
Brennan, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Kamangar, Farin [VerfasserIn]
Malekzadeh, Reza [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adverse effects
Cardiovascular diseases
Death
Journal Article
Opiate Alkaloids
Opioid
Opium
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 10.12.2021

Date Revised 24.03.2024

published: Print

CommentIn: Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022 May 6;29(6):e237-e238. - PMID 34718505

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/eurjpc/zwaa006

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NLM32182394X