Moderate drinking and coronary heart disease mortality: evidence from NHANES I and the NHANES I Follow-up.
Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, conducted from 1971 through 1974, and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Follow-up, conducted from 1982 through 1984, were used to test for a beneficial effect of moderate alcohol consumption on coronary heart disease mortality among White men and women. Evidence of such an effect was found for White men; accelerated time-to-failure models showed 3% to 4% longer life spans for moderate drinkers than for nondrinkers or light drinkers.
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Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology