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Alcohol consumption and mortality: modelling risks for men and women at different ages
Auteur(s) :
WHITE, I. R. ;
ALTMANN, D. R. ;
NANCHAHAL K.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
391-397
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
28
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Thésaurus mots-clés
ALCOOL
;
CONSOMMATION
;
MORTALITE
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
;
TYPE D'USAGE
;
SEXE MASCULIN
;
SEXE FEMININ
;
MODELE STATISTIQUE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
Note générale :
British Medical Journal, 2002, 325, (7357), 391-397
Note de contenu :
graph. ; ill. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Objective: To estimate the relation between alcohol consumption and risk of death, the level of alcohol consumption at which risk is least, and how these vary with age and sex. Design: Analysis using published systematic reviews and population data. Setting: England and Wales in 1997. Main outcome measures: Death from any of the following causes: cancer of lip, oral cavity, pharynx, oesophagus, colon, rectum, liver, larynx, and breast, essential hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, cirrhosis, non-cirrhotic chronic liver disease, chronic pancreatitis, and injuries. Results: A direct dose-response relation exists between alcohol consumption and risk of death in women aged 16-54 and in men aged 16-34. At older ages the relation is U shaped. The level at which the risk is lowest increases with age, reaching 3 units a week in women aged over 65 and 8 units a week in men aged over 65. The level at which the risk is increased by 5% above this minimum is 8 units a week in women aged 16-24 and 5 units a week in men aged 16-24, increasing to 20 and 34 units a week in women and men aged over 65, respectively. Conclusions: Substantially increased risks of all cause mortality can occur even in people drinking lower than recommended limits, and especially among younger people.
Affiliation :
Medical statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Cote :
A00995