Gut 2009;58:613-617
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Effect of binge drinking on the liver: an alarming public health issue?
1 Service d’Hépatologie, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Lille, France
2 INSERM U795, Lille, France; University of Lille, France
3 Service d’Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital de Jolimont, Haine-Saint-Paul, Belgium
Dr P Mathurin, Service d’Hépatogastroentérologie, Hôpital Claude Huriez 4ème étage aile Ouest, Avenue Michel Polonovoski, CHRU Lille, 59037, France; p-mathurin@chru-lille.fr
Revised version received 19 December 2008
Accepted 22 December 2008
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Alcohol consumers show strong variations in demographic characteristics, alcohol intake, frequency, duration and profile of consumption. Individuals consuming up to two drinks per day (men) or one drink per day (women) are defined as moderate drinkers and do not have an increased risk compared to abstainers. Conversely, a high-risk pattern, defined as daily consumption above those limits, or binge drinking episodes, cause health, personal and social problems. This definition separates chronic drinkers from binge drinkers, as their drinking patterns are different. Binge drinking implies "drinking too much too fast". Periods of binge drinking (several consecutive days, weeks or months) are typically followed by periods of abstinence or, in some cases, significantly lower levels of consumption.1 The threshold of alcohol intake per episode which is used to define binge drinking varies from one study to another. In order to propose a consensual definition, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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