Alcohol burden in low-income and middle-income countries
A partir de données portant sur 114 970 adultes âgés de 35 à 70 ans vivant dans 12 pays de différents niveaux de développement économique, cette étude de cohorte prospective évalue l'association entre une consommation d'alcool et le risque de diverses maladies (dont le cancer), ainsi que la mortalité
Alcohol use contributes to roughly 4% of the global burden of disease.1 Episodic (binge) drinking and high average volume consumed both contribute to this burden in complex ways.1 Episodic drinking increases risks of injury and cardiovascular disease; cancer risk increases with average volume; and low–moderate alcohol use is associated with a reduced risk of death from cardiovascular diseases.2,3 A major limitation of the evidence is that most epidemiological studies of alcohol have been done in high-income and middle-income countries.
The Lancet , commentaire, 2014