Alcohol drinking and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Abstract
Objective: To analyse the relation between alcohol intake and the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Design: Hospital-based case–control study. Settings: The greater Milan area and the province of Pordenone, Northern Italy. Subjects: Cases were 446 (256 men and 190 women) with histologically confirmed incident NHL, and controls were 1295 (791 men and 504 women) with acute non-neoplastic conditions. Results: Compared to non-drinkers, the odds ratio (OR) was 0.92 for European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2001) 55, 824–826