Lifetime Alcohol Consumption and Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: The Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study
Grant number: 1017346 | Funding period: 2011 - 2014
Completed
Abstract
Australia has a high alcohol consumption rate with many people drinking above recommended national guidelines. Alcohol is attributed with a dual effect on disease outcomes: as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, cancer and liver cirrhosis and a protective effect on coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, depending on the volume and pattern of consumption. We aim to study these associations using lifetime alcohol consumption data from the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study.