▪ Objective: To study the association between alcohol consumption and death from coronary
heart disease and to determine the extent to which the association can be explained by the …

Considerable progress has been made in recent years in our understanding of
atherogenesis and, in particular, of how it relates to lipoprotein metabolism. In this …

The data from case control and cohort studies are generally consistent with the hypothesis
that moderate alcohol consumption has an inverse relationship with coronary heart disease …

Background Although moderate alcohol intake is associated with lower risk for myocardial
infarction (MI), guidelines generally suggest that adults seek other lifestyle measures to …

▪ Objective: To study the relation between alcohol intake and mortality in a large ambulatory
population with attention to causes of death and differences related to age, sex, race, and …

Background: Heavy alcohol consumption increases risk for hypertension, which is in itself a
strong risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, data on the association …

Background Previous studies have suggested that moderate alcohol intake exerts a
protective effect against coronary heart disease. Alterations in plasma lipoprotein levels …

Background: Although moderate alcohol consumption decreases the risk of myocardial
infarction, its impact on all-cause mortality among apparently healthy men is unclear …

Alcohol, in striking contrast to tobacco and illicit drugs, is linked to an extensively
documented J-shaped doseeffect curve, with regular moderate consumption reducing …

Ethanol has long been recognized as a toxic agent that has acute and chronic effects on
cerebral and hepatic function. Over the past two decades important influences on the …