Drinking in middle-age may increase Stroke risk, Study warns…


Drinking more than two alcoholic beverages a day in middle-age can raise risk of stroke more than traditional factors such as high blood pressure and diabetes, a new long-term study has warned.


The study found that heavy drinkers had about a 34 per cent higher risk of stroke compared to light drinkers.

Researchers found that mid-life heavy drinkers were likely to have a stroke five years earlier in life irrespective of genetic and early-life factors.

Heavy drinking increased stroke risk during mid-life more than any other risk factor, but blood pressure and diabetes became more significant at around age 75.


Researchers then sorted the data based on stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes and other cardiovascular incidents.

Among identical twin pairs, siblings who had a stroke drank more than their siblings who hadn’t had a stroke, suggesting that mid-life drinking raises stroke risks regardless of genetics and early lifestyle.

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