European journal of clinical nutrition
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Multicenter Study
The association of lifetime alcohol use with measures of abdominal and general adiposity in a large-scale European cohort.
The relation between lifetime use of alcohol and measures of abdominal and general adiposity is unknown. ⋯ Lifetime alcohol use is positively related to abdominal and general adiposity in men, possibly following the male weight gain pattern; in women, it is positively related only to abdominal adiposity. In this context, beer may contribute additionally to abdominal adiposity.