The health effects of alcohol consumption remain complex for several reasons: the risks and
benefits accrue over many years, assessment of drinking is generally based on self‐report …

Moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages has been shown to reduce the incidence of
coronary artery disease (CAD) compared to abstinence and heavy drinking. Epidemiologic …

Evidence is growing that alcohol consumption confers health benefits beyond protection
from ischemic heart disease. We review this evidence with regard to cerebrovascular …

Interest in the effects of alcohol on cardiovascular risk factors and disease has increased
sharply with reports of complex and previously unsuspected associations. The present …

The association between alcohol intake and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD)
in epidemiological studies is consistent and shows some protection from CVD at …

Observational data suggest that moderate alcohol consumption is associated with reduced
all-cause mortality compared with that associated with either abstinence or heavy drinking …

We have reviewed 156 papers which provided sufficient information to relate individual
alcohol consumption to risk for a variety of physical damage. Overall, there was evidence for …

A large body of scientific evidence associates the moderate intake of alcohol with reduced
mortality among middle-aged and older people in industrialized societies. This association …

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

OBJECTIVE--To investigate the hypothesis that the apparent protective effect of habitual
alcohol consumption on coronary heart disease is due to drinkers at high risk of coronary …