Alcohol consumption and mortality in the Korean multi-center cancer cohort study

摘要: Objectives: To examine the association between alcohol consumption habit, types of beverages, quantity, and overall cancer-specific mortality among Korean adults. Methods: The information a total 16 320 participants who were 20 years or older from Multicenter Cancer Cohort analyzed to habit (median follow-up 9.3 years). Cox proportional hazard model was used estimate ratio (HR) adjusting for age, sex, geographic areas, education, smoking status, body mass index. Results: Alcohol drinkers showed an increased risk compared with never (HR, 1.72; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.38 2.14 past drinkers; HR, 1.21; CI, 1.06 1.39 current drinkers), while only associated higher cancer deaths 1.84; 1.34 2.53). quantity consumed per week J-shaped mortality. Relative light (0.01 90 g/wk), heavy (>504 g/wk) had all-cause deaths: 1.18; 0.96 1.45) 1.39; 1.05 1.83) mortality; 1.55; 1.15 2.11) 2.07; 3.09) all mortality, respectively. Heavy elevated death stomach liver cancers. Conclusions: present study supports existence deaths. cancer.