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

Background Alcohol consumption has both adverse and beneficial effects on survival. We
examined the balance of these in a large prospective study of mortality among US adults …

▪ 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 …

We studied 10-year mortality in relation to baseline alcohol use habits among four groups of
2015 persons, well matched for age, sex, race, and cigarette smoking. Persons reporting …

We studied whether moderate alcohol drinkers have a lower total and coronary heart
disease (CHD) mortality than nondrinkers. Among 276,802 US men aged 40–59 enrolled in …

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 Heavy alcohol drinking is associated with a dose-dependent increase in blood
pressure, but data on the relation between alcohol consumption and mortality in …

Background: Although previous studies have found that moderate alcohol intake decreases
the risk for myocardial infarction, many clinicians question the validity of this finding …

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 …