Alcohol Intake and Sickness Absence: A Curvilinear Relation

摘要: Little is known about the U-shaped relation between alcohol intake and health beyond findings related to cardiovascular disease. Medically certified sickness absence a indicator in which coronary heart disease only minor factor. To investigate absence, records regarding medically sick leaves from all causes were assessed for 4 years (1997-2000) cohort of 1,490 male 4,952 female municipal employees Finland. Hierarchical Poisson regression, adjusted self-reported behavioral biologic risk factors, psychosocial diseases, was used estimate rate ratios their 95% confidence intervals, relating each level consumption. For both men women, significant curvilinear trend found average weekly consumption absence. The rates 1.2-fold higher (95% interval: 1.1, 1.3) never, former, heavy drinkers compared with light drinkers. not likely be explained by confounding due differences or inclusion former nondrinkers category. Moderate also may reduce problems other than