Alcohol consumption and mortality in aging or aged Finnish men.
The association between alcohol consumption and 10-year mortality by death cause was studied in 1112 men aged 55-74 years and living either in eastern or south-western Finland. After adjustment for age, blood pressure, smoking, serum cholesterol, and other variables, the relative odds ratio of 10-year total mortality associated with consuming 1-273 g of absolute alcohol per month was 0.9 (95% confidence interval of 0.6-1.2) and with consuming more than 273 g per month due to violence was small, 15, but relative odds of violent death associated with consuming 1-273 and 274 or more grams of alcohol per month were 3.4 and 16.2, respectively (95% confidence intervals of 0.4-31.9 and 1.9-141.2).
Kivelä
S L
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University of Oulu, Department of Public Health, Finland.
Nissinen
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A
Ketola
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Punsar
S
S
Puska
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P
Karvonen
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M
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D002423:Cause of Death; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012907:Smoking