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. 2023 Jun 8;29(6):1476–1486. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02383-8

Table 2.

Summary of number of diseases associated with alcohol consumption by ICD-10 chapter, in men

Ever-regular versus occasional drinking Dose–response associations among current drinkers Totala
ICD-10 chapter No. of diseases Total no. of events No. of events in current drinkers Positive Negative Positive Negative Positive Negative
I Infectious and parasitic 7 8,010 2,501 1 0 1 0 1 0
II Neoplasms 27 26,064 9,437 9 0 5 0 10 0
III Blood and immune-related 3 1,596 527 0 0 2 0 2 0
IV Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic 6 15,645 5,227 1 1 2 0 2 1
V Psychiatric and behavioral 3 1,683 587 0 0 1 0 1 0
VI Nerve-related 7 7,649 2,574 2 0 1 0 2 0
VII Eye and adnexa 7 10,142 3,240 0 0 1 0 1 0
VIII Ear and mastoid process 3 2,131 667 0 0 0 0 0 0
IX Circulatory 26 101,913 30,784 9 0 10 0 14 0
X Respiratory 23 42,993 13,233 3 0 1 0 3 0
XI Digestive 29 39,118 13,624 6 0 6 1 9 1
XII Skin and subcutaneous tissue 4 2,241 789 0 0 1 0 1 0
XIII Musculoskeletal 15 21,240 6,892 3 0 2 0 3 0
XIV Genitourinary 15 18,422 5,419 0 0 0 1 0 1
XVIII Other symptoms, signs and abnormal findings 16 19,881 7,191 2 0 4 0 4 0
XIX Injury, poisoning and other external causes 12 12,509 4,402 3 0 1 0 4 0
XX External causes 4 2,304 763 3 0 4 0 4 0
Total 207 333,541 107,857 42b 1 42c 2 61d 3

aIncluded disease associations from Cox regression analyses either significant (P < 0.05 for diseases classified as alcohol-related by the WHO, FDR-adjusted P < 0.05 for other diseases; two-sided) from the comparison of ever-regular versus occasional drinking or dose–response association analyses within current drinkers.

bOf the 42 diseases showing significant positive associations with ever-regular versus occasional drinking, 23 diseases were classified as alcohol-related by the WHO.

cOf the 42 diseases showing significant positive dose–response associations among current drinkers, 22 diseases were classified as alcohol-related by the WHO.

dOf the 61 diseases showing significant positive associations with alcohol, 28 diseases were classified as alcohol-related by the WHO (of which 25 diseases passed FDR significance at FDR-adjusted P < 0.05 and 3 diseases were nominally significant at P < 0.05).