Non‐drinkers and heavy drinkers tend to have higher total and cardiovascular mortality rates
than light or moderate drinkers. The finding is not disputed; it is the interpretation of this U …

Background To relate alcohol consumption patterns to mortality in an elderly population.
Methods We undertook a 23-year prospective study of 12 000 male British doctors aged 48 …

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

Aims To investigate the relationship between three measures of alcohol consumption
obtained simultaneously in a large cohort and the validated risk of coronary heart disease …

The majority of prospective studies on alcohol use and mortality risk indicates that
abstainers are at increased risk of mortality from both all causes and coronary heart disease …

The authors analyzed 23-year mortality (1966–1989) in 2,171 subjects aged≥ 40 years
from a Busselton, Western Australia, prospective study. The analysis revealed significant …

The relation of alcohol intake to total mortality is J-shaped. Abstainers have modestly higher
mortality than moderate drinkers but considerably higher mortality than heavy drinkers. The …

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 review of morbidity and mortality studies bearing on the hazards to physical health of
chronic heavy alcohol use indicates that such use carries a risk of premature death greatly …

To evaluate further the relation between alcohol consumption and total mortality, we have
carried out new Cox proportional hazards model analyses of 21,535 deaths through 2002 in …