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Association Between Daily Alcohol Intake and Risk of All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses
Daily intake of low and moderate amounts of alcohol may have no positive impact on an individual's chances of suffering from deaths resulting from any cause.
This study investigated the hypothesis that low and moderate drinking of alcohol may increase life expectancy. Researchers performed a meta-analysis on the results of 107 studies published between January 1980 and July 2021.
Researchers found out that daily consumption of low and moderate volumes of alcohol did not influence total mortality risk as was previously thought. Furthermore, heavy use of alcohol was associated with high risk of dying from chronic diseases in this study. In conclusion, contrary to the popular notion that the daily consumers of low and moderate amounts of alcohol are less liable to suffer from premature death, the data from this study provide robust evidence that alcohol intake at any level may have no beneficial effect on mortality risk and life expectancy in an individual.
Research Summary Information
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2023
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Jinhui Zhao, Tim Stockwell, Tim Naimi, Sam Churchill, James Clay, Adam Sherk
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Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom.
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