Premature to conclude that there is a causal relationship moderate alcohol consumption and improved health

Media regularly quote reports on possible linkages between moderate alcohol consumption and improved health. Dr. Hans Olav Fekjær has reviewed the evidence in a new article in Addiction. – It would be premature to conclude that there is a causal relationship.

2013-04-08

Dag Endal

Reports from a number of observational studies have concluded that moderate drinking of alcohol is associated with a reduced risk of more than twenty different diseases and health problems. Is this a causal relationship or is it a statistical co-variation, the discussion goes. The Norwegian psychiatrist, Dr. Hans Olav Fekjær, has in the journal Addiction published a critical review of existing data.
Dr. Fekjær concludes that it would be premature to conclude that there is a causal relationship between moderate alcohol consumption and improved health. Furthermore, that there is evidence for the harmful effects of alcohol is undoubtedly stronger than the evidence for beneficial effects.
The Addiction article is openly accessible here.

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