Correlación ecológica entre consumo de bebidas alcohólicas y mortalidad por cirrosis hepática en México
Year: 1997
Type: article
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To determine the correlation between alcohol consumption and mortality from liver cirrhosis in Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Analysis of the ecological correlation between the patterns of alcohol consumption determined by the National Addiction Survey in 1993 and mortality by liver cirrhosis, in the period between 1971-1993, in the eight regions in which the country was divided. To determine level of correlation, the Pearson and Spearman coefficients were calculated. RESULTS: Significant correlations were only found with the prevalence of spirits and pulque drinkers; with beer drinkers the correlation was negative. CONCLUSIONS: The correlation with pulque is interesting, since pulque consumption is considered to be low scale in some rural areas. The negative correlation with beer may indicate that beer drinking is nor a good indicator of alcoholism. Results, though limited to the possibilities of an ecological study, reveal the necessity of effective actions in the regions where spirits and pulque are consumed in excess.
Source: Salud Pública de México
Institution: Secretaria de Salud
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2089004656