Historique
Périodique
Alcohol and mortality: a U-shaped curve
Auteur(s) :
MARMOT, M. G. ;
SHIPLEY M.J. ;
ROSE, G. ;
THOMAS, B. J.
Année
1981
Page(s) :
580-583
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
16
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ETUDE LONGITUDINALE
;
ENQUETE
;
MORTALITE
;
APPAREIL CARDIOVASCULAIRE
;
TABAC
;
ALCOOL
Thésaurus géographique
FRANCE
Note générale :
Lancet (The), 1981, 317(8220), p. 580-583
Résumé :
In a longitudinal study of civil servants, 1422 men were classified according to their average daily alcohol intake. Over 10 years of follow-up, the mortality rate was lower in men reporting moderate alcohol intake than in either non-drinkers or heavier drinkers (>34 g alcohol per day). Cardiovascular mortality was greater in non-drinkers and non-cardiovascular mortality was greater in the heavier drinkers. The heavier drinkers had higher mean blood pressures and contained a greater proportion of smokers. A multivariate analysis showed this U-shaped relationship between reported alcohol consumption and subsequent mortality to be largely independent of differences in smoking, blood pressure, plasma cholesterol, and grade of employment.
Affiliation :
Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Cote :
A00331