Joint effect of alcohol drinking and tobacco smoking on all-cause mortality and premature death in China: A cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking are associated with several diseases, and studies on the joint effects of smoking and drinking are rare.

Objective

This study investigates the joint effects of tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking on all-cause and premature mortality in a contemporary cohort.

Methods

The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) is an ongoing nationally representative survey of subjects aged over 45 years in China that was performed every two years for a total of three waves from 2011 to 2015 in China. We used weighted logistic regression models to estimate the joint effects of tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking on all-cause and premature mortality.

Results

After adjusting for prespecified confounders, the odds rat

SUBMITTER: Hongli Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7842879 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature