Lifetime alcohol use and overall and cause-specific mortality in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition (EPIC) study.
Pietro FerrariIdlir LicajDavid C MullerPer Kragh AndersenMattias JohanssonHeiner BoeingElisabete WeiderpassLaure DossusLaureen DartoisGuy FagherazziKathryn E BradburyKay-Tee KhawNick WarehamEric J DuellAurelio BarricarteEsther Molina-MontesCarmen Navarro SanchezLarraitz ArriolaPeter WallströmAnne TjønnelandAnja OlsenAntonia TrichopoulouVasiliki BenetouDimitrios TrichopoulosRosario TuminoClaudia AgnoliCarlotta SacerdoteDomenico PalliKuanrong LiRudolf KaaksPetra PeetersJoline Wj BeulensLuciana NunesMarc GunterTeresa NoratKim OvervadPaul BrennanElio RiboliIsabelle RomieuPublished in: BMJ open (2014)
In this large European cohort, alcohol use was positively associated with overall mortality, ARC and violent death and injuries, but marginally to CVD/CHD. Absolute risks of death observed in EPIC suggest that alcohol is an important determinant of total mortality.