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Colorectal cancer risk and alcohol

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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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