January 1, 1997European Heart Journal
Alcohol and coronary heart disease reduction among British doctors: confounding or causality?
Key result
Alcohol consumption is linked to reduced coronary heart disease among British doctors.
Why the study?
Does alcohol reduce coronary heart disease in British doctors?
Population
British doctors
Design
Cohort
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Association should not change practice; leaves open confounding versus causality in observational CHD data.
Structured PICO
Does alcohol reduce coronary heart disease in British doctors?
P
Population
British doctors
I
Intervention
Alcohol
O
Outcome
Coronary heart disease reductionhard clinical
Cite This Study
Doll et al. (1997) studied this question. Alcohol consumption is associated with reduced coronary heart disease among British doctors, prompting analysis of whether this relationship represents true causality or confounding.