… systematic error may be operating in prospective epidemiological mortality studies that have
reported “light” or “moderate” regular use of alcohol … decrease their alcohol consumption as …

… The majority of prospective studies on alcohol use and … systematic misclassification error
was committed by including as ‘abstainers’ many people who had reduced or stopped drinking, …

… from moderate alcohol consumption. The underlying theory was that as people age and
become unwell, they are more likely to quit or substantially reduce their alcohol consumption, …

… per time unit, or by measures of reduction of average alcohol consumption or heavy drinking
days.17,18 All of these measures of effectiveness imply that abstinence and reduction of …

… between prostate cancer and heavy alcohol use after controlling for the … drinking, light (≤1
drink/day) and moderate drinking (>1, <4 drink/day) versus abstaining/occasional drinking …

… effects of low- to moderate-level alcohol use on CHD, dementia… protective effect of moderate
alcohol consumption on CVD may … were identified from our systematic literature search after …

… alcohol consumption that has assessed any mortality outcome. Therefore, the literature about
the mortality effects of alcohol consumption … Selection bias is defined as a systematic error …

… ), while moderate alcohol drinking in the … moderate alcohol drinking had a protective effect
on the development of SLE. Taken together, our results show that moderate alcohol drinking …

… Moderate alcohol use and reduced mortality risk: systematic error in prospective studies. …
More than a decade ago it was almost taken for granted that moderate alcohol consumption …

… systematic review are (a) to list all putative markers suitable for the measurement of moderate
alcohol … In the following sections, we report a systematic assessment of the literature on the …