Faculty Opinions recommendation of Moderate alcohol use and reduced mortality risk: systematic error in prospective studies and new hypotheses.

Author(s):  
Henning Tiemeier
2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. S16-S23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaye Middleton Fillmore ◽  
Tim Stockwell ◽  
Tanya Chikritzhs ◽  
Alan Bostrom ◽  
William Kerr

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaye Middleton Fillmore ◽  
William C. Kerr ◽  
Tim Stockwell ◽  
Tanya Chikritzhs ◽  
Alan Bostrom

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 3893-3905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo-Chong Chen ◽  
Ru Zhang ◽  
Miguel A. Martínez-González ◽  
Zeng-Li Zhang ◽  
Marialaura Bonaccio ◽  
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Nut consumption is associated with lower all-cause and cause-specific mortality risk and most of the survival benefits may be achieved at a relative low level of nut consumption (about 12 g d−1).


2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 419-24
Author(s):  
Janie Allaire ◽  
Tal Ben-Zvi ◽  
Benoît Lamarche ◽  
Karine Robitaille ◽  
Yves Fradet ◽  
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Only a few nutritional factors have been identified to predict the risk of developing complications after radical cystectomy (RC). This narrative review delineates the current known effects of preoperative nutritional status factors in this context. The report highlights the heterogeneity between study methods and results. We determined that low albuminemia values increase mortality risk and overall complications. In addition, obesity tends to increase the risk of developing venous thromboembolism and adverse events. Additional prospective studies, using standardized methods to both define and report complications, should be conducted to strengthen the connections between preoperative nutritional status factors and post-RC complications. Furthermore, intervention studies testing the impact of strategies to improve nutritional status on the risk of complications after RC are also needed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 200 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niina Markkula ◽  
Tommi Härkänen ◽  
Jonna Perälä ◽  
Krista Partti ◽  
Sebastián Peña ◽  
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BackgroundMental disorders are associated with increased mortality, but population-based surveys with reliable diagnostic procedures controlling for somatic health status are scarce.AimsTo assess excess mortality associated with depressive, anxiety and alcohol use disorders and the principal causes of death.MethodIn a nationally representative sample of Finns aged 30–70 years, psychiatric disorders were diagnosed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. After an 8-year follow-up period, vital status and cause of death of each participant was obtained from national registers.ResultsAfter adjusting for sociodemographic factors, health status and smoking, depressive (hazard ratio (HR) = 1.97) and alcohol use disorders (HR = 1.72) were statistically significantly associated with mortality. Risk of unnatural death was increased among individuals diagnosed with anxiety disorders or alcohol dependence.ConclusionsIndividuals with depressive and alcohol use disorders have an increased mortality risk comparable with many chronic somatic conditions, that is only partly attributable to differences in sociodemographic, somatic health status and hazardous health behaviour.


2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 583-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith I. Tsui ◽  
Debbie M. Cheng ◽  
Emily Quinn ◽  
Carly Bridden ◽  
Jessica S. Merlin ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 856-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sören Kuitunen-Paul ◽  
Michael Roerecke

BackgroundWe summarise the evidence for an association between screening scores from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and all-cause mortality.MethodsUsing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, prospective cohort studies reporting all-cause mortality risk by AUDIT scores (complete AUDIT-10 or AUDIT-C) were identified through MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed and Web of Science up to September 2016. Risk estimates were pooled using random effects meta-analyses.ResultsSeven observational studies with 18 920 observed deaths among 309 991 participants were identified. At-risk drinking (ie, hazardous/harmful consumption, AUDIT-10 ≥8 and AUDIT-C ≥4) was associated with elevated mortality risk after 2–10 years of follow-up (pooled relative risk (RR)=1.24, 95% CI 1.12 to 1.37) compared with moderate drinking (AUDIT-10=1–7, AUDIT-C=1–3). Compared to past year abstainers (AUDIT=0), moderate drinkers had a lower mortality risk (RR=0.75, 95% CI 0.71 to 0.79) in US Veterans and a similar mortality risk (RR=0.99, 95% CI 0.72 to 1.38) in population-based studies. Most data came from studies among Veterans using the short AUDIT-C in men and showed a dose–response relationship (RR=1.04, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.05 for each AUDIT-C score among drinkers). Data for women and young adults were scarce.ConclusionAUDIT screening scores were associated with mortality risk. The association was differential depending on the population examined, which may be related to prevalence of former drinkers among current abstainers. Due to heterogeneity between studies and the small number of populations examined, generalisability may be limited.


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