The relation between alcohol intake and ischaemic heart disease was examined in a large
scale prospective study of middle aged men drawn from general practices in 24 British …

There is considerable evidence that both nondrinkers (abstainers) and heavy drinkers have
higher rates of cardiovascu-lar disease in general and coronary heart disease in particular …

OBJECTIVE--To investigate the hypothesis that the apparent protective effect of habitual
alcohol consumption on coronary heart disease is due to drinkers at high risk of coronary …

OBJECTIVE--To examine the association between alcohol consumption and mortality from
all causes and from ischaemic heart disease with a focus on differentiating between long …

A series of middle-aged men were investigated for total mortality up to five years after
completing a questionnaire on alcohol consumption administered during a preventive …

OBJECTIVE--To examine the relation between alcohol consumption and risk factors for
coronary heart disease in women. DESIGN--Cross sectional study of a stratified random …

1. Male death rates from hypertension and stroke in England and Wales in 1949-53 were
highest in those socio-economic and occupational groups with the highest death rates for …

It has been shown previously that coronary heart disease was less likely to develop in
Japanese men in Honolulu who drank alcoholic beverages than in those who abstained …

Earlier studies of Kaiser-Permanente data have indicated that regular use of alcohol is
associated with a reduced risk of major coronary events and that regular use of three or …

An association between excessive alcoholconsumption and heart disease has been known
for a long time. Aalsmeer and Wenckebach (1929) described the cardiac manifestations of …