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Table 1 Baseline relative risks of disease due to alcohol consumption

From: Cost-effectiveness of changes in alcohol taxation in Denmark: a modelling study

  

Alcohol intake level a

 

Disease

Sex

Abstinence

Low

Hazardous

Harmful

Source

Ischaemic heart disease (15–34 yr)

Male

0.95 (0.83–1.08)

0.64 (0.17–1.47)

0.56 (0.17–1.19)

1.00

Roerecke and Rehm, [34]

Female

0.93 (0.89–0.97)

0.34 (0.12–0.67)

0.34 (0.06–0.87)

1.01 (0.05–4.69)

Ischaemic heart disease (35–64 yr)

Male

0.97 (0.90–1.04)

0.75 (0.38–1.23)

0.70 (0.37–1.10)

1.00

Roerecke and Rehm, [34]

Female

0.96 (0.94–0.98)

0.53 (0.31–0.77)

0.51 (0.21–0.90)

0.87 (0.20–2.36)

Ischaemic heart disease (65 + yr)

Male

1.00 (0.96–1.03)

0.99 (0.64–1.39)

0.98 (0.62–1.42)

1.00

Roerecke and Rehm, [34]

Female

1.00 (0.97–1.03)

0.99 (0.54–1.66)

1.00 (0.46–1.86)

1.02 (0.50–1.75)

Ischaemic stroke

Male

1.00

0.87 (0.81–0.93)

0.97 (0.90–1.04)

1.24 (1.12–1.37)

Patra et al., [2]

Female

1.00

0.84 (0.76–0.91)

0.84 (0.74–0.94)

0.98 (0.86–1.12)

Hemorrhagic stroke

Male

1.00

1.10 (1.06–1.14)

1.27 (1.15–1.40)

1.77 (1.40–2.20)

Patra et al., [2]

Female

1.00

0.66 (0.52–0.83)

0.76 (0.57–0.99)

1.13 (0.81–1.54)

Hypertensive heart disease

Male

1.00

1.12 (1.09–1.14)

1.33 (1.25–1.41)

1.95 (1.69–2.24)

Taylor et al., [1]

Female

1.00

0.80 (0.69–0.92)

1.15 (0.89–1.45)

2.39 (1.61–3.42)

Pancreatitis

Male

1.00

1.02 (1.02–1.03)

1.16 (1.12–1.20)

2.26 (1.88–2.69)

Irving et al., [3]

Female

1.00

1.01 (1.01–1.01)

1.05 (1.04–1.07)

1.34 (1.25–1.34)

Cirrhosis

Male

1.00

1.23 (1.17–1.28)

1.70 (1.51–1.90)

3.49 (2.63–4.53)

Rehm et al., [4]

Female

1.00

1.82 (1.63–2.04)

2.76 (2.27–3.32)

4.81 (3.55–6.35)

Breast cancer

Male

–

–

–

–

Corrao et al., [6]

Female

1.00

1.06 (1.05–1.07)

1.17 (1.14–1.21)

1.47 (1.38–1.57)

Mouth and oropharynx cancer

Male

1.00

1.37 (1.33–1.41)

2.13 (2.00–2.27)

4.58 (4.13–5-06)

Corrao et al., [6]

Female

1.00

1.18 (1.16–1.20)

1.59 (1.53–1.66)

2.77 (2.55–2.99)

Oesophagus cancer

Male

1.00

1.17 (1.16–1.18)

1.51 (1.47–1.54)

2.59 (2.45–2.74)

Corrao et al., [6]

Female

1.00

1.09 (1.08–1.09)

1.27 (1.26.1.29)

1.78 (1.72–1.84)

Liver cancer

Male

1.00

1.09 (1.06–1.12)

1-24 (1.15–1-34)

1.59 (1.36–1.85)

Corrao et al., [6]

Female

1.00

1.05 (1.03–1.06)

1.14 (1.09–1.19)

1.35 (1.22–1.49)

Larynx cancer

Male

1.00

1.19 (1.17–1.21)

1.55 (1.49–1.62)

2.76 (2.50–3.03)

Corrao et al., [6]

Female

1.00

1.09 (1.08–1.10)

1.30 (1.26–1.33)

1.85 (1.75–1.97)

Colon cancer

Male

1.00

1.02 (1.01–1.04)

1.06 (1.02–1.11)

1.15 (1.04–1.27)

Corrao et al., [6]

Female

1.00

1.01 (1.00–1.02)

1.04 (1.01–1.06)

1.09 (1.03–1.15)

Rectal cancer

Male

1.00

1.04 (1.03–1.05)

1.12 (1.09–1.15)

1.29 (1.21–1.38)

Corrao et al., [6]

Female

1.00

1.02 (1.02–1.03)

1.07 (1.05–1.08)

1.17 (1.12–1.21)

  1. Values are mean relative risk and 95% confidence interval at average alcohol consumption for each consumption category, calculated by Monte Carlo analysis with 3000 iterations.
  2. aAlcohol consumption levels: Abstinence (<1.7 g/day), low (1.7-11.9 g/day for women and 1.7-23.9 g/day for men), hazardous (12–23.9 g/day for women and 24–35.9 g/day for men) and harmful (>24 g/day for women and >36 g/day for men).