“Alcohol consumption is proposed to be the third most important modifiable risk factor for death and disability.”
“We investigated associations between alcohol consumption and outcomes in a prospective cohort of countries at different economic levels in five continents.”

“We included information from 12 countries participating in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiological study, a prospective cohort study of individuals aged 35–70 years.”
“We used Cox proportional hazards regression to study associations with mortality, cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, alcohol-related cancer, injury, admission to hospital, and for a composite of these outcomes.”
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“We included 114,970 adults…..”
“Median follow-up was 4.3 years…..”
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“Current drinking was reported by 36,030 (31%) individuals, and was associated with…….increased alcohol-related cancers, and injury.”
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“High intake was associated with increased mortality.”
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“….we identified sufficient commonalities to support global health strategies and national initiatives to reduce harmful alcohol use.”
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A.Smyth, et al
Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease, cancer, injury, admission to hospital, and mortality: a prospective cohort study
Lancet — Volume 386 #10007 — November 14, 2015 — page 1945

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