俄男子壽命短或與喝伏特加過量有關
Researchers say Russian men who drink large amounts of vodka have an "extraordinarily" high risk of early death.
A study published Thursday in The Lancet medical journal details the findings of scientists who tracked about 151,000 adults between the years of 1999 and 2010. Of the 8,000 people in the study who died during that time, many were found to be heavy drinkers of vodka.
The researchers said they found excess vodka use among those dying of external causes, such as accident, suicide and violence. They say risk of death before age 55 among those who drank three or more half-liter bottles of vodka a week was 35 percent.
Experts say the overall average life expectancy for a Russian man is 64 years, which puts it among the nations with the lowest life expectancies in the world.研究人員說，喝大量伏特加酒的俄羅斯男子有提早死亡的“超常”高風險。
週四在《柳葉刀》醫學期刊上發表的一項研究詳細介紹了科學家的發現。這些科學家在1999年和2010年之間跟蹤研究了大約151,000名成年人。在這段時間內死亡的參加這項研究的8000人當中，有許多被確認是大量飲用伏特加的人。
研究人員說，他們在那些死於諸如事故、自殺和暴力等外部原因的人當中發現伏特加酒的過量飲用。他們說，55歲之前的死亡的風險對於那些每週喝三瓶或更多瓶半公升裝的伏特加酒的人爲35％。
專家說，俄羅斯男人的總體平均壽命爲64歲，這使俄羅斯成爲世界上人均壽命最短的國家之一。
