Population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020

D Bryazka; MB Reitsma; MG Griswold; KH Abate; C Abbafati; M Abbasi-Kangevari; Z Abbasi-Kangevari; A Abdoli; M Abdollahi; AYM Abdullah; ES Abhilash; E Abu-Gharbieh; JM Acuna; G Addolorato; OM Adebayo; V Adekanmbi; K Adhikari; S Adhikari; QES Adnani; S Afzal; WY Agegnehu; M Aggarwal; BO Ahinkorah; AR Ahmad; S Ahmad; T Ahmad; A Ahmadi; S Ahmadi; H Ahmed; T Ahmed Rashid; CJ Akunna; H Al Hamad; MZ Alam; DT Alem; KA Alene; Y Alimohamadi; A Alizadeh; K Allel; J Alonso; S Alvand; N Alvis-Guzman; F Amare; EK Ameyaw; S Amiri; R Ancuceanu; JA Anderson; CL Andrei; T Andrei; J Arabloo; M Arshad; AA Artamonov; Z Aryan; M Asaad; MA Asemahagn; T Astell-Burt; SS Athari; DD Atnafu; P Atorkey; A Atreya; F Ausloos; M Ausloos; G Ayano; MA Ayanore; OO Ayinde; JL Ayuso-Mateos; S Azadnajafabad; MM Azanaw; M Azangou-Khyavy; A Azari Jafari; AY Azzam; AD Badiye; N Bagheri; S Bagherieh; M Bairwa; SM Bakkannavar; RK Bakshi; AHB Bilchut; TW Bärnighausen; F Barra; A Barrow; P Baskaran; L Belo; DA Bennett; IM Bensenor; AS Bhagavathula; N Bhala; A Bhalla; N Bhardwaj; P Bhardwaj; S Bhaskar; K Bhattacharyya; VS Bhojaraja; BS Bintoro; EAE Blokhina; BBA Bodicha; A Boloor; C Bosetti; D Braithwaite; H Brenner; NI Briko

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Population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020

D Bryazka, MB Reitsma, MG Griswold, KH Abate, C Abbafati, M Abbasi-Kangevari, Z Abbasi-Kangevari, A Abdoli, M Abdollahi, AYM Abdullah, ES Abhilash, E Abu-Gharbieh, JM Acuna, G Addolorato, OM Adebayo, V Adekanmbi, K Adhikari, S Adhikari, QES Adnani, S Afzal Show all

Lancet | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00847-9

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Abstract

Background: The health risks associated with moderate alcohol consumption continue to be debated. Small amounts of alcohol might lower the risk of some health outcomes but increase the risk of others, suggesting that the overall risk depends, in part, on background disease rates, which vary by region, age, sex, and year. Methods: For this analysis, we constructed burden-weighted dose–response relative risk curves across 22 health outcomes to estimate the theoretical minimum risk exposure level (TMREL) and non-drinker equivalence (NDE), the consumption level at which the health risk is equivalent to that of a non-drinker, using disease rates from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and R..

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