Open AccessAlcohol intake patterns for cancer and non-cancer individuals: a population study
Author(s) -
HuiYi Lin,
Paige L. Fisher,
Darian Harris,
TungSung Tseng
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
translational cancer research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2219-6803
pISSN - 2218-676X
DOI - 10.21037/tcr.2019.06.31
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , binge drinking , population , environmental health , alcohol intake , alcohol , demography , poison control , injury prevention , biology , biochemistry , sociology
Alcohol intake is a leading modifiable cause related to cancer-specific deaths. Various alcohol intake patterns have shown to impact cancer progression differently, however, many studies only evaluated simplified patterns (such as heavy vs . non-heavy drinking) of alcohol intake for cancer survivors. The objective of this study is to provide population-based prevalence of the complex alcohol drinking patterns for cancer survivors, and compare it with that of non-cancer individuals. Additionally, we evaluated the impact of cancer related factors (binary, alcohol-related cancer type, and length of cancer history) to the alcohol intake patterns adjusted for the selected factors.