Do “moderate” drinkers have reduced mortality risk? A systematic review and meta-analysis of alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality

Objective: Previous meta-analyses of cohort studies indicate a J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality, with reduced risk for low-volume drinkers. However, low-volume drinkers may appear healthy only because the “abstainers” with whom they are compared are biased to...

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Main Authors: Stockwell, T., Zhao, J., Panwar, S., Roemer, A., Naimi, T., Chikritzhs, Tanya
Format: Journal Article
Published: Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc Rutgers 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23716