LIGHT drinkers have the lowest risk of developing a number of cancers or dying according to a nine-year Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, study published in PLOS Medicine.
The study's lowest drinking category was an average of less than one drink per day across a lifetime, and the risk for some cancers increased with each additional drink per week, the researchers wrote.
The analysis was limited to older adults and could be confounded by socioeconomic factors, and the findings should not be taken to support a protective effect of light drinking, the authors cautioned.
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