Associations of Alcohol Consumption with All-Cause and Cancer Mortalities in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Nationwide Population Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Backgruound

To investigate the impact of alcohol consumption on all-cause and cancer mortalities in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Methods

This nationwide cohort study included Korean patients with T2D aged >20 years from a national health exams cohort (2009 to 2012). Participants were categorized based on alcohol consumption: non, mild (<30 g/day), and heavy drinkers (≥30 g/day). Primary outcomes were all-cause and cancer mortality rates. Cox proportional hazard regression analyses were used to calculate adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) with adjustments for age, sex, body mass index, smoking, exercise, comorbidities, diabetes duration, and medications.

Results

Among 2,642,359 participants (median follow-up, 7.8 years), 57.2%, 32

SUBMITTER: Lee DY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12765884 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature