Colorectal cancer risk and alcohol
Alcohol and colorectal cancer
- Most of the evidence from the new meta-analyses is consistent with the existing view that alcohol consumption is causally associated with colorectal cancer. However, the majority of the new cohort and case-control studies published since 2009 showed no statistically significant positive association
- positive associations were observed at medium and high (>12.5 or >30 g ethanol/day) but not low alcohol intakes
Notes:
Typical Alcohol by Volume (ABV) (%) | Typical volume of a drink (mL) | Ethanol content (g) | UK units of alcohol | |
Beer | 4.5 | 568 (pint) | 20 | 2.5 |
Wine | 13 | 175 (glass) | 18 | 2.3 |
Spirits | 40 | 20 (single) | 8 | 1 |
Reference:
- Public Health England (2015). Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COC) Statement 2015/S2 - Statement on consumption of alcoholic beverages and risk of cancer.
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