Alcohol abuse and mortality: A 40-year prospective study of Norwegian conscripts

Determinants of 40-year all-cause mortality in the European cohorts of the Seven Countries Study

“…In a Japanese study on elderly people, health behavior and social role were risk factors for all-cause mortality along with age, low serum albumin, high blood pressure and ECG abnormalities, among a total of 30 personal characteristics [4]. Other studies considered single or very specific risk factors for all-cause mortality such as the limited influence of soil-cadmium levels [2], the null influence of radar equipment [6], the direct role of respiratory symptoms [7], alcohol abuse [3], left bundle branch block [8], post-load plasma glucose [9], high basal metabolic rates [11], high body mass index [5,13], pessimistic side of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory OptimismPessimism Scale scores [10], and high physical work demand [14].…”

“…Beyond the interest for cardiovascular diseases, this long observation prompted interest in allcause mortality and its determinants. A few studies have reported long-term analyses on all-cause deaths but rarely reaching 40-year of follow-up [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”

General and Cancer Mortality in a Large Cohort of Italian Alcoholics

“…In the last 3 decades, several studies have been performed in eastern and western countries on groups of subjects with alcohol addiction, reporting a significantly higher mortality in comparison with matched controls or the general population (Barr et al, 1984;Berglund, 1984;Dahlgren and Myrhed, 1977;De Lint and Levinson, 1975;Finney and Moos, 1991;Gerdner and Berglund, 1997;Haver et al, 2009;Lambie et al, 1983;Lindberg and Agren, 1988;Liskow et al, 2000;Mackenzie et al, 1986;Marshall et al, 1994;Noda et al, 2001;Ohara et al, 1989;Ojesjo¨et al, 1998;Rossow and Amundsen, 1997;Schmidt and Popham, 1981;Smith et al, 1994;Thorarinsson, 1979;Vaillant, 2003;Wells and Walker, 1990). These studies showed that the observed mortality among alcoholics was approximately 2 to 5 times greater than expected; in some cases, the mortality excess among alcoholics was even greater (Finney and Moos, 1991;Gerdner and Berglund, 1997;Ohara et al, 1989).…”

Lebenszeit-Mortalität von Männern mit normalen und subnormalen Spermienkonzentrationen

“…häufiger Konsum von Vitamin C und Milchprodukten) und der Lebenserwartung (Fortes et al, 2000). Ebenso erhöht Alkoholmissbrauch in allen Lebensaltern das Mortalitätsrisiko und führt zu höheren Risiken für Tod durch Unfall, Suizid, kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen und bösartige Neubildungen (Banks et al, 2000;Rossow & Amundsen, 1997;Thomas & Rockwood, 2001). Alkoholmissbrauch ist zusätzlich oft assoziiert mit psychischen Erkrankungen (Petrakis et al, 2002).…”