Influence of Alcohol and Red Meat Consumption on Life Expectancy: Results of 164 Countries from 1992 to 2013
Ranabhat CL, Park MB, Kim CB
Nutrients · 20 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cohort study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Clinical events such as disease or death
- Intake measured by
- Not stated
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- National Research Foundation
- Government
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Grants
- National Research Foundation of Korea (2017R1A5A2015369)
Based on 2 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2020-02-12 · Nutrients · vol. 12 · issue 2 · p. 459
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 40 citations · more than 94% of similar papers · 4.0× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 68 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Nutritional Studies and Diet · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Keywords
- Per capita, Red meat, Life expectancy, Consumption (sociology), Alcohol, Alcohol consumption, Gross national income, Logistic regression, Demography, Ecological study, Per capita income, Environmental health, Developing country, Medicine, Food science, Biology, Population, Ecology
- MeSH
- humans, neoplasms, liver diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, life expectancy, risk, regression analysis, longitudinal studies, alcohol drinking, eating, time factors, developing countries, income, female, male, red meat, data analysis
3 authors
From KR, NP
- Chhabi Lal Ranabhat · correspondingPai Chai University; International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
- Myung-Bae Park · correspondingPai Chai University
- Chun-Bae Kim · correspondingYonsei University
Abstract
Background
High consumption of red meat, which is carcinogenic to humans, and misuse or abuse of alcohol drinking increase premature death and shortened life expectancy. The aim of this study was to examine the association of alcohol and red meat consumption with life expectancy (LE) by analyzing data from 164 countries using an ecological approach.
Design
This was a longitudinal ecological study using data from the United Nation's (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for 164 countries over the period 1992-2013. In regression analysis, the relationship of alcohol and red meat consumption with LE was estimated using a pooled ordinary least squares regression model. Alcohol and red meat consumption were measured every 5 years.
Results
The consumption of alcohol and red meat in high-income countries (HIC) was about 4 times (36.8-143.0 kcal/capita/day) and 5 times (11.2-51.9 kcal/capita/day) higher than that in low-income countries (LIC). Red meat and alcohol consumption had a negative estimated effect on LE in HIC (b = -1.616 p = p = 0.003). Alcohol consumption was negatively associated with LE for all income groups, while positive relationships were found for all estimates associated with gross national income (GNI).
Conclusions
Red meat and alcohol consumption appeared to have a negative impact on LE in high-income countries (HIC) and upper-middle-income countries (UMIC), although it had no significant association with LE in low-income countries (LIC) or lower-middle-income countries (LMIC). This study suggests reviewing the policies on the gradual reduction of alcohol abuse and the high consumption of red meat, particularly HIC and UMIC.
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