Klipstein-Grobusch, KSlimani, NKrogh, VKeil, UBoeing, HOvervad, KTjønneland, AClavel-Chapelon, FThiébaut, ALinseisen, JSchulze, M BLagiou, PPapadimitrou, ASaieva, CVeglia, FBueno-De-Mesquita, H BPeeters, P H MKumle, MBrustad, MMartínez García, CBarricarte, ABerglund, GWeinehall, LMulligan, AAllen, NFerrari, PRiboli, E2014-09-022014-09-022002-12Klipstein-Grobusch K, Slimani N, Krogh V, Keil U, Boeing H, Overvad K, et al. Trends in self-reported past alcoholic beverage consumption and ethanol intake from 1950 to 1995 observed in eight European countries participating in the European Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Public Health Nutr. 2002; 5(6B):1297-3101368-9800http://hdl.handle.net/10668/1705Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't;OBJECTIVE To describe the trends of self-reported past consumption of alcoholic beverages and ethanol intake from 1950 to 1995 within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). DESIGN Data on consumption of beer/cider, wine and liqueur/spirits were obtained retrospectively at age 20, 30 and 40 years to calculate average consumption and ethanol intake for the time periods 1950-1975 (at age 20), 1960-1985 (at age 30) and 1970-1995 (at age 40). Regression analysis was conducted with the time period data to assess trends in past alcoholic beverage consumption and ethanol intake with time. SETTING The EPIC project. SUBJECTS In total, 392 064 EPIC participants (275 249 women and 116 815 men) from 21 study centres in eight European countries. RESULTS Generally, increases in beer/cider consumption were observed for most EPIC centres for 1950-1975, 1960-1985 and 1970-1995. Trends in wine consumption differed according to geographical location: downward trends with time were observed for men in southern European EPIC centres, upward trends for those in middle/northern European study centres. For women, similar but less pronounced trends were observed. Because wine consumption was the major contributor to ethanol intake for both men and women in most study centres, time trends for ethanol intake showed a similar geographical pattern to that of wine consumption. CONCLUSION The different trends in alcoholic beverage consumption and ethanol intake suggest that information depicting lifetime history of ethanol intake should be included in analyses of the relationship between ethanol and chronic diseases, particularly in multi-centre studies such as EPIC.enEPIC studyEthanolAlcoholic beveragesBeerWineSpiritsCross-sectional analysesTime trends24-Hour dietary recallEuropeDistribución por EdadConsumo de Bebidas AlcohólicasCervezaEstudios TransversalesEuropa (Continente)FemeninoHumanosMasculinoRecuerdo MentalVigilancia de la PoblaciónEstudios RetrospectivosDistribución por SexoVinoAdultoMedical Subject Headings::Disciplines and Occupations::Social Sciences::Demography::Age DistributionMedical Subject Headings::Psychiatry and Psychology::Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms::Behavior::Drinking Behavior::Alcohol DrinkingMedical Subject Headings::Technology, Industry, Agriculture::Food and Beverages::Beverages::Alcoholic Beverages::BeerMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies::Cross-Sectional StudiesMedical Subject Headings::Geographicals::Geographic Locations::EuropeMedical Subject Headings::Check Tags::FemaleMedical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::HumansMedical Subject Headings::Check Tags::MaleMedical Subject Headings::Psychiatry and Psychology::Psychological Phenomena and Processes::Mental Processes::Learning::Memory::Mental RecallMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Data Collection::Health Surveys::Population SurveillanceMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies::Case-Control Studies::Retrospective StudiesMedical Subject Headings::Disciplines and Occupations::Social Sciences::Demography::Sex DistributionMedical Subject Headings::Technology, Industry, Agriculture::Food and Beverages::Beverages::Alcoholic Beverages::WineMedical Subject Headings::Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adultresearch article12639234open access10.1079/PHN20024061475-2727