Objective: Previous meta-analyses of cohort studies indicate a J-shaped relationship
between alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality, with reduced risk for low-volume …

Importance A previous meta-analysis of the association between alcohol use and all-cause
mortality found no statistically significant reductions in mortality risk at low levels of …

The results from the few cohort studies that have measured usual alcohol consumption over
time have not been summarized. We therefore conducted a systematic review and meta …

We have provided recent evidence suggesting that a systematic error may be operating in
prospective epidemiological mortality studies that have reported “light” or “moderate” regular …

Moderate consumers of alcohol have lower mortality than either nondrinkers or heavy
drinkers. This systematic review aimed to quantify the level of alcohol consumption (termed …

Selection biases may lead to systematic overestimate of protective effects from
'moderate'alcohol consumption. Overall, most sources of selection bias favor low‐volume …

Background High average daily consumption of alcohol has been associated with elevated
mortality risk, but more moderate consumption, relative to abstinence, has been associated …

Background Alcohol dependence (AD) carries a high mortality burden, which may be
mitigated by reduced alcohol consumption. We conducted a systematic literature review and …

The relation of alcohol intake to total mortality is J-shaped. Abstainers have modestly higher
mortality than moderate drinkers but considerably higher mortality than heavy drinkers. The …

Objective: To determine the influence of six determining variables on the shape of the risk
curve between alcohol and all-cause mortality. Methods: Data: Based on a systematic …