ContextDespite nutrition information and guidelines that advise against depriving diabetic
patients of the potential benefit of moderate alcohol intake against cardiovascular events …

Over the last several decades, prospective epidemio-logical studies have consistently
shown that moderate alcohol consumers have a lower risk than abstainers of an initial …

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 …

Both alcohol and exercise have been said to protect against coronary heart disease. The
epidemiologic data suggest exercise, per se, does, but alcohol, per se, does not protect …

Several studies have indicated that moderate drinkers have a lower risk of both nonfatal
myocardial infarction and fatal heart disease than do abstainers. To determine whether …

Moderate alcohol consumption (1–2 drinks a day) can be beneficial in reducing the risk of
coronary artery disease. This article focuses on cellular and molecular mechanisms …

No data are currently available to directly support a causal relationship between alcohol
intake and CVD. As well-conducted randomized studies assessing the causal role of alcohol …

Importance Observational studies have consistently proposed cardiovascular benefits
associated with light alcohol consumption, while recent genetic analyses (ie, mendelian …

This review is focused on recent studies published since 1997 that have contributed toward
our current thinking about the association between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular …

Background Few studies have examined whether changes in alcohol consumption influence
future cardiovascular risk. Objective To examine whether 7-year changes in alcohol …