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Diem, P. et al.

Diem, Deplazes, Fajfr, Bearth, Müller, Christ, Teuscher,

Effects of alcohol consumption on mortality in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Moderate alcohol intake has been associated with increased life expectancy due to reduced mortality from cardiovascular disease. We prospectively examined the effects of alcohol consumption on mortality in Type 2 diabetic patients in Switzerland. METHODS: A total of 287 patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (125 women, 162 men), recruited in Switzerland for the WHO Multinational Study of Vascular Disease in Diabetes, were included in this study. After a follow-up period of 12.6+/-0.6 years (means +/- SD), mortality from CHD and from all causes was assessed. RESULTS: During the follow-up, 70 deaths occurred (21 from CHD, 49 from other causes). Compared with non-drinkers, alcohol consumers who drank alcohol 1 to 15 g, 16 to 30 g and 30 g or more per day had the following risk rates of death from CHD: 0.87 (95% CI: 0.25 to 2.51, NS), 0.00 (95% CI: 0.00 to 0.92, p less than 0.05) and 0.37 (95% CI, 0.01 to 2.42, NS), respectively. The corresponding risk rates of death from all causes were 1.27 (95% CI: 0.68 to 2.28, NS), 0.36 (95% CI: 0.09 to 0.99, p less than 0.05) and 1.66 (95% CI: 0.76 to 3.33, NS). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: In Swiss Type 2 diabetic patients moderate alcohol consumption of 16 to 30 g per day was associated with reduced mortality from CHD and from all causes. Alcohol intake above 30 g per day was associated with a tendency towards increased all-cause mortality.[1]

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Effects of alcohol consumption on mortality in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diem, P., Deplazes, M., Fajfr, R., Bearth, A., Müller, B., Christ, E.R., Teuscher, A. Diabetologia (2003) [Pubmed]

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