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Re:Drinking behind 1 in 10 deaths of working-age adults by mike_esspe on Saturday June 28, 2014 @11:11PM (#7960252)
Looks like confounding factors are the reason.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22152665

CONCLUSIONS: Among older adults who are moderate drinkers, the apparent unique effects of wine on longevity may be explained by confounding factors correlated with wine consumption.

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Re:Drinking behind 1 in 10 deaths of working-age adults by conroe64 on Sunday June 29, 2014 @01:48AM (#7960465)
I don't understand what you are trying to show with this study. It compares moderate drinkers among themselves according to the type of alcohol consumed. It doesn't compare drinkers vs non drinkers
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