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All critiques

March 2024

Critique
Harmful consumption

Multi-ancestry study of the genetics of problematic alcohol use in over 1 million individuals

January 2024

Critique
Heart

Circulating metabolites may illustrate relationship of alcohol consumption with cardiovascular disease

December 2023

Critique
Moderate drinking

New perspectives on how to formulate alcohol drinking guidelines

November 2023

Critique
Diabetes

Moderate alcohol consumption, types of beverages and drinking pattern with cardiometabolic biomarkers in three cohorts of US men and women

October 2023

Critique
Cancer

Alcohol consumption and prognosis and survival in breast cancer survivors: the Pathways Study

September 2023

Critique
The liver

Global prevalence, incidence, and outcomes of alcohol related liver diseases: a systematic review and meta analysis

September 2023

Critique
Heart
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J-shaped curve

Alcohol intake including wine drinking is associated with decreased platelet reactivity in a large population sample

July 2023

Critique
Heart

Reduced stress-related neural network activity mediates the effect of alcohol on cardiovascular risk

July 2023

Critique
Moderate drinking

Alcohol consumption and risks of more than 200 diseases in Chinese men

June 2023

Critique
Cancer

Alcohol consumption and breast cancer prognosis after breast cancer diagnosis: a systematic review and meta‑analysis of the Japanese Breast Cancer Society Clinical Practice Guideline, 2022 edition

May 2023

Critique
All-cause mortality

Association between daily alcohol intake and risk of all-cause mortality. A systematic review and meta-analyses

April 2023

Critique
The brain
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Old age

Changes in alcohol consumption and risk of dementia in a nationwide cohort in South Korea

February 2023

Critique
Moderate drinking

ISFAR member Erik Skovenborg’s comments on the newly published Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health: Final Report (2023)

February 2023

Critique
Moderate drinking

Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health: Final Report – A critique by the International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research (ISFAR)

January 2023

Critique
Heart
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Mediterranean diet

Two studies on the Mediterranean alcohol-drinking pattern and its association with hypertension and all cause mortality in the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra” (SUN) cohort

December 2022

Critique
Diabetes
,
Moderate drinking

Importance of consuming alcohol with meals in relation to the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus

November 2022

Critique
Metabolic syndrome/weight

Do the calories in alcoholic beverages increase the risk of obesity?

September 2022

Critique
Old age

Alcohol consumption and health outcomes among 70 year olds in Sweden

July 2022

Critique
The brain
,
Old age

Wine consumption and the risk of cognitive decline in the elderly

April 2022

Critique
General health

Adjusting for underreporting of alcohol intake in epidemiologic studies

January 2022

Critique
Cancer

The relation of alcohol consumption to the risk of glioma tumours of the brain

December 2021

Critique
J-shaped curve

Dealing with previous alcohol exposure among “current non-drinkers” in epidemiologic studies testing the J-shaped curve

November 2021

Critique
Moderate drinking
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Old age

Does moderate drinking increase, or decrease, the risk of falls in middle-age to elderly adults?

July 2021

Critique
Heart

Does light-to-moderate drinking increase the risk of atrial fibrillation?

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