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Drinking alcohol in moderation is associated with lower rate of all-cause mortality in individuals with higher rather than lower educational level: Findings from the MORGAM project.
Eur. J. Epidemiol. 38, 869-881 (2023)
The association between socioeconomic status (SES) and alcohol-related diseases has been widely explored. Less is known, however, on whether the association of moderate drinking with all-cause mortality is modified by educational level (EL). Using harmonized data from 16 cohorts in the MORGAM Project (N = 142,066) the association of pattern of alcohol intake with hazard of all-cause mortality across EL (lower = primary-school; middle = secondary-school; higher = university/college degree) was assessed using multivariable Cox-regression and spline curves. A total of 16,695 deaths occurred in 11.8 years (median). In comparison with life-long abstainers, participants drinking 0.1–10 g/d of ethanol had 13% (HR = 0.87; 95%CI: 0.74–1.02), 11% (HR = 0.89; 0.84–0.95) and 5% (HR = 0.95; 0.89–1.02) lower rate of death in higher, middle and lower EL, respectively. Conversely, drinkers > 20 g/d had 1% (HR = 1.01; 0.82–1.25), 10% (HR = 1.10; 1.02–1.19) and 17% (HR = 1.17; 1.09–1.26) higher rate of death. The association of alcohol consumption with all-cause mortality was nonlinear, with a different J-shape by EL levels. It was consistent across both sexes and in various approaches of measuring alcohol consumption, including combining quantity and frequency and it was more evident when the beverage of preference was wine. We observed that drinking in moderation (≤ 10 g/d) is associated with lower mortality rate more evidently in individuals with higher EL than in people with lower EL, while heavy drinking is associated with higher mortality rate more evidently in individuals with lower EL than in people with higher EL, suggesting that advice on reducing alcohol intake should especially target individuals of low EL.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Alcohol ; All-cause Mortality ; Educational Levels ; Social Status; Coronary-heart-disease; Socioeconomic-status; Consumption; Pattern; Risk; Biomarkers; Habits; Gender; Roles; Women
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0393-2990
e-ISSN
1573-7284
Zeitschrift
European Journal of Epidemiology
Quellenangaben
Band: 38,
Heft: 8,
Seiten: 869-881
Verlag
Springer
Verlagsort
Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 Gz Dordrecht, Netherlands
Nichtpatentliteratur
Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Epidemiology II (EPI2)
Förderungen
H2020 Excellent Science
H2020 European Research Council
FP7
Fifth Framework Programme
FP7 Joint Research Centre
H2020 European Research Council
FP7
Fifth Framework Programme
FP7 Joint Research Centre