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Conventional and genetic evidence on alcohol and vascular disease aetiology: a prospective study of 500 000 men and women in China
Publication date: Available online 4 April 2019Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Iona Y Millwood, Robin G Walters, Xue W Mei, Yu Guo, Ling Yang, Zheng Bian, Derrick A Bennett, Yiping Chen, Caixia Dong, Ruying Hu, Gang Zhou, Bo Yu, Weifang Jia, Sarah Parish, Robert Clarke, George Davey Smith, Rory Collins, Michael V Holmes, Liming Li, Richard PetoSummaryBackgroundModerate alcohol intake has been associated with reduced cardiovascular risk in many studies, in comparison with abstinence or with heavier drinking. Studies in east Asia can help determine whether these associations are causal, since two common genetic variants greatly...
Source: The Lancet - April 6, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599  912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies
Publication date: 14–20 April 2018 Source:The Lancet, Volume 391, Issue 10129 Author(s): Angela M Wood, Stephen Kaptoge, Adam S Butterworth, Peter Willeit, Samantha Warnakula, Thomas Bolton, Ellie Paige, Dirk S Paul, Michael Sweeting, Stephen Burgess, Steven Bell, William Astle, David Stevens, Albert Koulman, Randi M Selmer, W M Monique Verschuren, Shinichi Sato, Inger Njølstad, Mark Woodward, Veikko Salomaa, Børge G Nordestgaard, Bu B Yeap, Astrid Fletcher, Olle Melander, Lewis H Kuller, Beverley Balkau, Michael Marmot, Wolfgang Koenig, Edoardo Casiglia, Cyrus Cooper, Volker Arndt, Oscar H Franco, Patrik Wennberg, Jo...
Source: The Lancet - April 13, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research