ALCOHOL AND MORTALITY IN BRITISH MEN: EXPLAINING THE U-SHAPED CURVE

Shaper, A.G.; Wannamethee, Goya; Walker, Mary

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(88)92890-5

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ALCOHOL AND MORTALITY IN BRITISH MEN: EXPLAINING THE U-SHAPED CURVE

Shaper, A.G., Wannamethee, Goya, Walker, Mary·1988·The Lancet

DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(88)92890-5

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In a prospective study of 7735 middle-aged 7 British men, 504 of whom died in a follow-up period of 7.5 years, there was a U-shaped relationship between alcohol intake and total mortality and an inverse relationship with cardiovascular mortality, even after adjustment for age, cigarette smoking, and social class. These mortality patterns were seen in all smoking categories (with ex-smoking non-drinkers having the highest mortality) and were observed in manual but not in non-manual workers. The alcohol-mortality relationships (total and cardiovascular) were present only in men with cardiovascular or cardiovascular-related doctor-diagnosed illnesses at initial examination. The data suggest that the observed alcohol-mortality relationships are produced by pre-existing disease and by the movement of men with such disease into non-drinking or occasional-drinking categories. The concept of a "protective" effect of drinking on mortality, ignoring the dynamic relationship between ill-health and drinking behaviour, is likely to be ill founded.

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Authors: Shaper, A. G., Wannamethee, G., & Walker, M.
Affiliations: The Royal Free Hospital (GB)
ORCID: Walker, Mary
Venue: The Lancet
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1988-12
Volume: 332
Issue: 8623
Pages: 1267-1273
ISSN: 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(88)92890-5
OpenAlex: W2048919469
Cited by: 780
References: 32
Citations by year: 2026: 19 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 33 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 28 · 2013: 26 · 2012: 19
FWCI: 15.94
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: The Lancet (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Coffee research and impacts
Keywords: alcohol consumption, mortality, U-shaped curve, cardiovascular mortality, all-cause mortality, middle-aged men, smoking, social class, blue-collar workers, pre-existing disease, drinking behavior
MeSH terms: Alcohol Drinking, Alcoholism, Cardiovascular Diseases, Follow-Up Studies, United Kingdom, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Smoking, Social Class

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