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Alcohol and mortality — is there a U-shaped relation in elderly people?
Author(s)	M Gronbaek, A Deis, U Becker
Journal title	Age and Ageing, vol 27, no 6, November 1998
Pages	pp 739-744
Keywords	Alcoholism ; Death ; Denmark.
Annotation	Several large population studies have shown a higher mortality among abstainers and heavy drinkers than among moderate drinkers. In this Danish study, the relationship between alcohol intake and mortality was assessed in seven cohorts of middle-aged and older people, a total of 16,304 men and women aged 50 years and over. Findings revealed that the effect of alcohol intake on mortality did not differ between middle-aged and older subjects. There was a U-shaped risk function in both age groups, which persisted when adjusting for age, sex, smoking habits, level of education and body mass index. The study concluded that a light alcohol intake is associated with lower mortality than abstention or heavy drinking among middle-aged and older people. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-990208226 A
Classmark	ETA: CW: 76K
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