title: Alcohol consumption and mortality in aging or aged Finnish men.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: University of Oulu, Department of Public Health, Finland.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kivelä
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nissinen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ketola
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Punsar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Puska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karvonen
mesh_terms: 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