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The cohorts are fairly clearly separated into "doesn't drink," "drinks moderately," and "drinks heavily." They have to define them somehow, and "regularly drink
by boomboomsubban 2y ago
The cohorts are fairly clearly separated into "doesn't drink," "drinks moderately," and "drinks heavily." They have to define them somehow, and "regularly drinks more than one drink a day" seems like a good way to do so.
I'm sure some people are misclassified in both groups. If you're improperly classified because once a week you have two glasses of wine rather than one, I doubt your risk is that much higher. That said, moderate and heavy drinkers saw the same rates.
- zabzonk 2y agoMy point is that one drink a day is in no way "heavy drinking" - that would be one bottle of wine a day, or more. But I don't care. Nobody lives forever. If you enjoy drinking, and don't harm anyone but yourself doing so, then why not?
- boomboomsubban 2y agoOne drink a day is seven drinks a week. The article agrees it isn't heavy drinking.