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Table 13: Relative risks for beneficial alcohol-related health effects for different drinking categories (compared to abstainers)

Disease ICD-9   RR  
Drinking category I Drinking category II Drinking category III
F M F M F M

Sources: Gutjahr & Gmel (2001), Ridolfo & Stevenson (2001) (in press).

Definition of drinking categories:

category I: for females not exceeding on average 0 to 19.99 g pure alcohol per day; for males not exceeding on average 0 to 39.99 g pure alcohol per day;

category II: for females not exceeding on average 20 to 39.99 g pure alcohol per day; for males not exceeding on average 40 to 59.99 g pure alcohol per day;

category III: for females on average 40 g pure alcohol and above per day; for males on average 60 g pure alcohol and above per day. For comparison: a 75 cl. bottle of wine contains about 70 g of pure alcohol.
Diabetes 250 0.92 0.99 0.87 0.57 1.13 0.73
Ischaemic stroke 433-435 0.52 0.94 0.64 1.33 1.06 1.65
Cholelithiasis 574 0.82 0.82 0.68 0.68 0.50 0.50

Source: WHO  Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004, p.47

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