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Drinking 7 to 12.5 ounces of alcohol per week associated with 1-2 year shorter lifespan
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Thursday, April 12, 2018 5:47 pm Email this article
Compared to those who drink 0 to 3.5 ounces of alcohol per week (0-100 grams), those who drink 7 to 12.5 ounces of alcohol per week (200-350 grams) had a lower life expectancy at age 40 of approximately 1-2 years according to an analysis of nearly 600,000 current drinkers in 83 studies.
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Woo AM, et al. Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies. Lancet, 2018 Apr 14; 391(10129): 1513–1523.
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Dr Angela Wood
Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration and EPIC-CVD Coordinating Centres
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Strangeways Research Laboratory
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK
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