World War II-veteran male twins who are discordant for alcohol consumption
24-Year Mortality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11028151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dorit Carmelli (SRI International), Gary E Swan (0000-0001-5583-9629), William F Page, J C Christian |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 99-101 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.85.1.99 |
| PMID | 7832271 |
| OpenAlex | W1970407121 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
The role of genetic and shared environmental influences in the association of alcohol with mortality was studied by using the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council World War II-veteran male twin registry. An epidemiologic questionnaire administered from 1967 through 1969 permitted identification of twin pairs discordant for alcohol consumption. The subsequent 24 years of mortality follow-up yielded data on time and cause of death. Analyzing the first or only death in drinking-discordant pairs, we observed 27 deaths in abstainer twins and 14 deaths in their light- to moderate-drinker cotwins (relative risk [RR] = 1.93). Excess mortality in twin abstainers was also indicated for deaths from cardiovascular diseases (RR = 2.0) and other causes of death excluding cancers (RR = 3.2). The protective effect, however, of light to moderate drinking did not persist in twins who were smokers at baseline
Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Biology · Cause of death · Confidence interval · Disease · Environmental health · Heritability · Injury prevention · Poison control · Relative risk · Twin study · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Demography · Epidemiology · Genetics · Internal Medicine · Medicine
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2009 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |