Tverdal A, et al. - The link between coffee and alcoholic beverage consumption and alcoholic liver disease mortality was studied by analyzing a total 219,279 men and women (30-67 years of age) attending cardiovascular screening in Norway from 1994 to 2003. They observed an inverse association of coffee and wine consumption with alcoholic liver disease death. Total alcohol consumption was adversely associated with alcoholic liver disease mortality. Stratification at 5 cups (of coffee)/day (the mean) revealed a stronger association between alcohol consumption and alcoholic liver disease at less than 5 vs 5 or more cups/day. With < 5 cups/day, 0 alcohol units/day as reference, the hazard ratio reached to 25.5 for ≥ 2 units/day, while with ≥ 5 cups/day it reached 5.8 for ≥ 2 units/day.