Intake of Beer, Wine and Spirits and Risk of Heavy Drinking and Alcoholic Cirrhosis

Studies have suggested that wine drinkers are at lower risk of death than beer or spirit drinkers. The aim of this study is to examine whether the risk of becoming a heavy drinker or developing alcoholic cirrhosis differs among individuals who prefer different types of alcoholic beverages. In a long...

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Autores principales: GRØNBÆK,MORTEN, JENSEN,MAJKEN K, JOHANSEN,DITTE, SØRENSEN,THORKILD I A, BECKER,ULRIK
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Publicado: Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2004
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spelling oai:scielo:S0716-976020040002000042005-01-06Intake of Beer, Wine and Spirits and Risk of Heavy Drinking and Alcoholic CirrhosisGRØNBÆK,MORTENJENSEN,MAJKEN KJOHANSEN,DITTESØRENSEN,THORKILD I ABECKER,ULRIK Alcohol alcoholic cirrhosis beer beverage preference excessive drinking heavy drinking spirit wine Studies have suggested that wine drinkers are at lower risk of death than beer or spirit drinkers. The aim of this study is to examine whether the risk of becoming a heavy drinker or developing alcoholic cirrhosis differs among individuals who prefer different types of alcoholic beverages. In a longitudinal setting we found that both the risk of becoming a heavy or excessive drinker (above 14 and 21 drinks per week for women and above 21 and 35 drinks per week for men) and the risk of developing alcoholic cirrhosis depended on the individuals preference of wine, beer or spirits. We conclude that moderate wine drinkers appear to be at lower risk of becoming heavy and excessive drinkers and that this may add to the explanation of the reported beverage-specific differences in morbidity and mortality.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Biología de ChileBiological Research v.37 n.2 20042004-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602004000200004en10.4067/S0716-97602004000200004
institution Scielo Chile
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language English
topic Alcohol
alcoholic cirrhosis
beer
beverage preference
excessive drinking
heavy drinking
spirit
wine
spellingShingle Alcohol
alcoholic cirrhosis
beer
beverage preference
excessive drinking
heavy drinking
spirit
wine
GRØNBÆK,MORTEN
JENSEN,MAJKEN K
JOHANSEN,DITTE
SØRENSEN,THORKILD I A
BECKER,ULRIK
Intake of Beer, Wine and Spirits and Risk of Heavy Drinking and Alcoholic Cirrhosis
description Studies have suggested that wine drinkers are at lower risk of death than beer or spirit drinkers. The aim of this study is to examine whether the risk of becoming a heavy drinker or developing alcoholic cirrhosis differs among individuals who prefer different types of alcoholic beverages. In a longitudinal setting we found that both the risk of becoming a heavy or excessive drinker (above 14 and 21 drinks per week for women and above 21 and 35 drinks per week for men) and the risk of developing alcoholic cirrhosis depended on the individuals preference of wine, beer or spirits. We conclude that moderate wine drinkers appear to be at lower risk of becoming heavy and excessive drinkers and that this may add to the explanation of the reported beverage-specific differences in morbidity and mortality.
author GRØNBÆK,MORTEN
JENSEN,MAJKEN K
JOHANSEN,DITTE
SØRENSEN,THORKILD I A
BECKER,ULRIK
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JENSEN,MAJKEN K
JOHANSEN,DITTE
SØRENSEN,THORKILD I A
BECKER,ULRIK
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title Intake of Beer, Wine and Spirits and Risk of Heavy Drinking and Alcoholic Cirrhosis
title_short Intake of Beer, Wine and Spirits and Risk of Heavy Drinking and Alcoholic Cirrhosis
title_full Intake of Beer, Wine and Spirits and Risk of Heavy Drinking and Alcoholic Cirrhosis
title_fullStr Intake of Beer, Wine and Spirits and Risk of Heavy Drinking and Alcoholic Cirrhosis
title_full_unstemmed Intake of Beer, Wine and Spirits and Risk of Heavy Drinking and Alcoholic Cirrhosis
title_sort intake of beer, wine and spirits and risk of heavy drinking and alcoholic cirrhosis
publisher Sociedad de Biología de Chile
publishDate 2004
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602004000200004
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