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SynthesisRevista espanola de salud publica2020

[Differential health effects of alcoholic beverages: an umbrella review of observational studies.]

Iñaki Galán Labaca, Lidia Segura-García, F Javier Álvarez, Marina Bosque-Prous

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Revista espanola de salud publica, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Iñaki Galán LabacaCentro Nacional de Epidemiología. Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Madrid. España.
Lidia Segura-GarcíaSub-direcció General de Drogodependències. Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya. Departament de Salut. Generalitat de Catalunya. Barcelona, España.
F Javier ÁlvarezDepartamento de Farmacología. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Valladolid. Valladolid. España.
Marina Bosque-ProusEstudios de Ciencias de la Salud. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Barcelona. España.
Instituto de Salud Carlos III · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is great controversy about whether the consumption of different types of alcoholic beverages has different effects on health. The objective was to carry out an umbrella review of the studies that described the association between the consumption of different types of alcoholic beverages and various health indicators.

methodsSearch through PubMed (from January 2000 to February 2019) of systematic reviews and meta-analysis that reported quantitative results of the association between the consumption of different types of alcoholic beverages and health effects. 26 studies were identified: 21 related to cancer, three to cardiometabolic diseases, two to neurodegenerative diseases, and one to general mortality.

resultsThe results were heterogeneous. The great methodological differences in the estimation of alcohol intake, control of confounding variables, and the evaluation of statistical difference between types of beverages, made it very difficult to conclude whether they cause an unequal effect on health. In general mortality and cardiometabolic diseases, it was suggested that beer and spirits appear to have a greater negative effect than wine, but the differences were not statistically significant. Regarding cancer, in those types where the causal evidence is totally consistent: oropharynx, colorectal and breast (women), the reviews did not show a differentiated effect according to the type of alcoholic beverages. Regarding neurodegenerative diseases, the available information did not allow clear conclusions to be drawn.

conclusionsThe reviewed evidence does not allow to conclude that the consumption of wine, beer or spirits, has a differential effect on cardiometabolic, cancer or neurodegenerative diseases.

Indexed as

Health Status DisparitiesAlcohol DrinkingAlcoholic BeveragesBeerHumansObservational Studies as TopicSpainWineAlcoholic beveragesCancerCardiometabolic diseasesHealth effectsNeurodegenerative diseasesSpainUmbrella review

Identifiers

PMID33177485
PMCPMC11583058
OpenAlexW3098457094

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