Background: Current alcohol intake has been associated with cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality. The effect of past and lifetime drinking has received less attention. In the present …

Background Most studies on the effect of alcohol consumption on coronary heart disease or
all-cause mortality assess alcohol intake at one point in time and therefore do not take into …

Objectives: Pre-existing conditions have been postulated as possible causes of the J-
shaped relationship between alcohol intake and cardiovascular disease. Two research …

We tested whether teetotalism explains the upturn in cardiovascular risk for non-drinkers
and whether wine is a more favorable alcohol type. We studied 115,592 men and women …

In almost all epidemiological studies of alcohol and cardiovascular disease, non-drinking
status is associated with increased risk compared with light or moderate alcohol intake …

Objective: To investigate the long-term effects of the consumption of alcohol on mortality and
morbidity. Method: A sample of 32,185 (50.5% female) individuals was randomly selected …

Background Many studies suggest that mild alcohol consumption can help avert
cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study investigated the association between alcohol …

To investigate the association of alcohol intake with mortality from all causes, cardiovascular
disease (CVD), cancer and other causes (eg, accidents, violence, suicide), we performed an …

This paper reviews the epidemiological evidence on the association of alcohol consumption
with the major cardiovascular diseases (hypertension, stroke and coronary heart disease) …

Prior epidemiologic research revealing cardioprotective effects of alcohol intake has
systematically neglected lifetime exposure to alcohol, which may cause serious bias in …