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 …

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 …

Background Previous studies have shown inconsistent findings regarding the association of
light to moderate alcohol consumption with cause-specific mortality. Therefore, this study …

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 …

Background Conventionally, cohort studies have assessed the association between alcohol
and all-cause mortality by using alcohol intake at enrolment. Methods In the Melbourne …

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 …

Aim To test the association of alcohol consumption with total and cause‐specific mortality
risk. Design Prospective observational multi‐centre population‐based study. Setting Sixteen …

Background A large body of research suggests that light or moderate alcohol consumption is
associated with reduced all-cause mortality. However, concerns remain that the observed …

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 …

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 …