Lifetime alcohol use and overall and cause-specific mortality in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition (EPIC) study

To investigate the role of factors that modulate the association between alcohol and mortality, and to provide estimates of absolute risk of death.The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition (EPIC).23 centres in 10 countries.380 395 men and women, free of cancer, diabetes, heart attack or stroke at enrolment, followed up for 12.6 years on average.20 453 fatal events, of which 2053 alcohol-related cancers (ARC, including...