Alcohol consumption and mortality. I. Characteristics of drinking groups

Fillmore, Kaye Middleton; Golding, Jacqueline M.; Graves, Karen; Kniep, S; Leino, Eeva; Romelsjö, Anders; Shoemaker, C; Ager, C R; Allebeck, Peter; Ferrer, H P

doi:10.1046/j.1360-0443.1998.9321834.x

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“…Cause-specific analyses suggested that the reform was negatively associated with overall cancer, lung cancer, ischemic heart disease (for women), overall external causes (for men), and accident mortality, possibly indicating that tobacco (10,11) and alcohol (12) play a role here. However, the relationship between education and alcohol consumption is complex (13)(14)(15), and an increased risk of mortality, from lung cancer and liver cirrhosis combined, was recently reported for exposed men between 1985-2005 (16).…”

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Causal effect of education on mortality in a quasi-experiment on 1.2 million Swedes

Lager

Torssander

2012

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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In 1949-1962, Sweden implemented a 1-y increase in compulsory schooling as a quasi-experiment. Each year, children in a number of municipalities were exposed to the reform and others were kept as controls, allowing us to test the hypothesis that education is causally related to mortality. We studied all children born between 1943 and 1955, in 900 Swedish municipalities, with control for birth-cohort and area differences. Primary outcome measures are all-cause and cause-specific mortality until the end of 2007. The analyses include 1,247,867 individuals, of whom 92,351 died. We found lower all-cause mortality risk in the experimental group after age 40 [hazard ratio (HR) = 0.96, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.93-0.99] but not before (HR = 1.03, 95% CI 0.98-1.07) or during the whole follow-up (HR = 0.98, 95% CI 0.95-1.01). After age 40, the experimental group had lower mortality from overall cancer, lung cancer, and accidents. In addition, exposed women had lower mortality from ischemic heart disease, and exposed men lower mortality from overall external causes. In analyses stratified for final educational level, we found lower mortality in the experimental group within the strata that settled for compulsory schooling only (HR = 0.94, 95% CI 0.89-0.99) and compulsory schooling plus vocational training (HR = 0.92, 95% CI 0.88-0.97).

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Causal effect of education on mortality in a quasi-experiment on 1.2 million Swedes

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Torssander

2012

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

127

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“…We found nonsignificantly lower risk associated with both ''nondrinking'' and higher consumption; however, an earlier analysis of lung cancer in the same cohort suggested that nondrinkers may include ex-drinkers (35), in which case our findings may indicate an overall inverse association between alcohol and NHL. Considering the inconsistencies in the literature, no doseresponse, potential confounding by other lifestyle factors, and potential misspecification of past alcohol intake (36)(37)(38), further prospective studies with detailed alcohol intake history are warranted to estimate the risk associated with true lifetime exposure to alcohol.…”

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Dietary Factors of One-Carbon Metabolism in Relation to Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma in a Cohort of Male Smokers

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Weinstein²,

Albanês³

et al. 2006

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Amp; Prevention

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Reported associations between genetic polymorphisms in folate-metabolizing enzymes and lymphoid malignancies suggest etiologic involvement of one-carbon metabolism and its related dietary exposures. We examined dietary factors of one-carbon metabolism in relation to non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and multiple myeloma (MM) among 27,111 healthy male smokers who completed baseline dietary questionnaires in the Alpha-Tocopherol Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study cohort. During a follow-up of up to 16.4 years (1985-2001), 195 NHL and 32 MM cases were ascertained. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). There was no significant association between dietary folate and NHL (HR comparing fourth to first quartile, 1.03; 95% CI, 0.68-1.55). Dietary vitamin B 12 was inversely associated with NHL (HR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.37-1.00; P trend = 0.06). The inverse association of vitamin B 12 was evident for diffuse subtype but did not reach statistical significance. There were no significant associations of dietary vitamin B 6 or B 2 , methionine, or alcohol with NHL.

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“…Accordingly, if the determinants differ, affecting the intensity of consumption will require different policy instruments from those affecting the frequency (Berggren & Sutton 1999). Drinking patterns rather than simply the average intake have been found to be of importance in the relationship between alcohol consumption and chronic conditions, as well as more subjective health indicators (Camargo 1989;Fillmore et al . 1998;San Jose et al .…”

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Young people and alcohol: an econometric analysis

Lundborg

2002

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Aims To analyse the determinants of youth drinking behaviour within an economic-theoretical framework. The paper focuses especially on the effects of (a) having parents willing to supply alcohol, (b) living in a single-parent household, (c) having parents who are currently unemployed and (d) having received education about alcohol, narcotics and tobacco. Design, setting and participants A Swedish cross-sectional survey data on 833 individuals aged 12-18 years was used to analyse the effects of the above variables on participation in drinking, frequency of drinking, intensity of drinking and binge drinking. Separate analyses were conducted for beer, wine and spirits. Care was taken in using appropriate econometric methods for the questions posed (negative binomial regression, censored regression and probit regression). Findings Having parents willing to supply alcohol increased frequency ( P < 0.05) of beer, wine and spirits consumption, intensity ( P < 0.05) of wine, spirits and illicit alcohol consumption, and increased probabilities ( P < 0.10) of binge drinking and participation in drinking ( P < 0.05). No effects were seen from living in a single-parent household. Having received education about alcohol, narcotics and tobacco had a negative association only with intensity ( P < 0.10) of beer consumption. Having a father who was currently unemployed was associated with an increased ( P < 0.05) probability of binge drinking but a reduced ( P < 0.05) frequency of wine consumption. Conclusions The positive effect of having parents willing to supply alcohol could reflect that these individuals face lower acquisition costs or lower psychological costs in consumption. It could also reflect a price effect, if the individual receives the alcohol free from his or her parents.

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Alcohol consumption and mortality. I. Characteristics of drinking groups

Abstract: Characteristics of two groups of abstainers, other than their non-use of alcohol, may confound the associations found between drinking and mortality risk.

Cited by 123 publications

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Causal effect of education on mortality in a quasi-experiment on 1.2 million Swedes

Causal effect of education on mortality in a quasi-experiment on 1.2 million Swedes

Dietary Factors of One-Carbon Metabolism in Relation to Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma in a Cohort of Male Smokers

Young people and alcohol: an econometric analysis

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