Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases in Relation to Substance Use Disorders

This cohort study examined the associations of cardiovascular disease (CVD) with substance use disorder (SUD) and alcohol, cannabis, opioid, or stimulant use disorder using a large random sample of BC residents without CVD at baseline (N = 617,863). During a 4-year follow-up period, 17,360 (2.8%) people developed CVD, the hazard ratio (HR) was 1.74 (95% CI, 1.60-1.89) for people with SUD compared with people without SUD. The corresponding HR was 1.75 (1.59-1.94), 1.31 (1.02-1.67), 2.08 (1.74-2.48), and 1.78 (1.49-2.11), respectively, for people with alcohol, cannabis, opioid, and stimulant use disorder. The findings suggest that SUD, especially opioid use disorder, is a risk factor for CVD. TEAM Wenqi Gan, Jane Buxton, Heather Palis, Bin Zhao, Naveed Janjua, Amanda Slaunwhite

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