“…Many of the indices considered alcoholic beverage intake in low to moderate amounts or within a threshold (eg, 10-25 g/d; 0.5-1.5 drinks/d for women and 0.5-2.0 drinks/d for men) as a positive The associations reported between a priori-derived dietary patterns and ACM remained in sensitivity or subgroup analyses after combining the dietary patterns with anthropometry, physical activity, and/or smoking status 24,35,37,44,53,118 ; performing stratification or additional adjustment for anthropometry, sex, age, educational level, race/ethnicity, and/or smoking status 25,34,37,46,47,52,76,83,[85][86][87]95,96,98,99,104,111,113,115,119,125,126 ; excluding early deaths or the first few years of follow-up results 25,35,49,57,58,63,65,72,76,82,96,99,[111][112][113]119,125,128 ; accounting for chronic disease status (eg, diabetes or CVD…”