Purpose of Review A clear link between excessive alcohol consumption and cardiovascular
disease (CVD) has been established, but no consensus exists on the effects of moderate …

Objective: Previous meta-analyses estimate that low-volume alcohol consumption protects
against coronary heart disease (CHD). Potential errors in studies include systematic …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to discuss the effect of alcohol consumption on
various cardiovascular (CV) diseases and CV mortality. Recent Findings Alcohol intake has …

An inverse association between alcohol consumption and coronary heart disease (CHD)
has been shown in epidemiologic studies for more than 30 years; beneficial changes in high …

There has been an impressive accumulation of consistent mechanistic and observational
evidence that largely supports an association between light to moderate alcohol …

Background: The causal role of alcohol consumption for cardiovascular disease remains
unclear. We used Mendelian randomization (MR) to predict the effect of alcohol …

Alcohol has a hormetic physiological behavior that results in either increased or decreased
cardiovascular risk depending on the amount consumed, drinking frequency, pattern of …

The heart and vascular system are susceptible to the harmful effects of alcohol. Alcohol is an
active toxin that undergoes widespread diffusion throughout the body, causing multiple …

Alcohol in moderation is associated with lower risk of coronary heart disease in healthy men
and women. New evidence suggests that this association, described in over 70 …

Importance Observational studies have consistently proposed cardiovascular benefits
associated with light alcohol consumption, while recent genetic analyses (ie, mendelian …