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IJE Advance Access originally published online on January 13, 2005
International Journal of Epidemiology 2005 34(1):205-206; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi003
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IJE vol.34 no.1 © International Epidemiological Association 2005; all rights reserved.

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Commentary: Alcohol and mortality: diminishing returns for benefits of alcohol

S Goya Wannamethee

Department of Primary Care and Population Science, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London NW3 2PF, UK. E-mail: goya@pcps.ucl.ac.uk

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While no one doubts that heavy consumption of alcohol is harmful the concept that ‘a little bit of what you fancy does you good’ has caused much controversy in the medical world. Ever since Pearl1 in 1926 first showed a shallow U-shaped mortality curve in relation to alcohol consumption, it has been a common finding in epidemiological studies that non-drinkers have a higher mortality for all causes and in particular for coronary heart disease (CHD) than light or moderate drinkers.2–4 This has been interpreted as alcohol being protective against heart attacks and that there may even be an . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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