Background: Lower mortality has been reported in light-to-moderate alcohol drinkers. We
examined the association between the amount and frequency of alcohol consumption and …

BACKGROUND: We examined the association between alcohol consumption and all-cause
mortality in Japanese men and women. METHODS: From June through August 1990, a total …

To evaluate the hypothesis that, in terms of all-cause death, drinking alcohol 1–4 days per
week is less harmful than daily (5–7 days/week) drinking of the same quantity of alcohol, a …

Background: We examined the associations of alcohol consumption and liver holidays with
all-cause mortality and with mortality due to cancer, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease …

PURPOSE: We conducted a prospective cohort study to examine the association between
alcohol intake and the risk of all-cause mortality among middle-aged and elderly Japanese …

Objectives Using common alcohol consumption categories, to conduct a pooled analysis of
six ongoing large-scale cohort studies in Japan in order to produce concrete estimates of the …

Background Regular alcohol drinking contributes both favourably and adversely to health in
the Western populations, but its effects on overall and cause-specific mortality in China are …

To evaluate further the relation between alcohol consumption and total mortality, we have
carried out new Cox proportional hazards model analyses of 21,535 deaths through 2002 in …

To examine the association between alcohol consumption and mortality in Japan, where
mortality and lifestyle differ substantially from Western countries, a population-based …

There has been a growing consensus that moderate consumption of alcohol is associated
with a lower risk of mortality and that this association is probably causal. However, a recent …