Our study, with more incident colorectal cancer cases than all previous Chinese studies combined, showed a clear increased colorectal cancer risk associated with alcohol consumption, in a similar magnitude to that reported from high‐income populations (HR 1.04 in CKB vs 1.02‐1.08 per 10 g/d).6, 37, 38. The gene discussed is CKB; the disease is colorectal cancer.