Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to discuss the effect of alcohol consumption on
various cardiovascular (CV) diseases and CV mortality. Recent Findings Alcohol intake has …

Aims. This is the first of a set of three papers evaluating drinking status and mortality risk.
Analyses of multiple studies describe associations of drinking patterns with characteristics …

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 …

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

Despite recognition of the health risks of binge drinking, its life-course precursors have not
been widely examined. Data from the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study …

Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, conducted from 1971
through 1974, and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Follow-up …

An inverse association between moderate alcohol intake and cardiovascular risk, in
particular coronary disease and ischemic stroke, has been shown in many epidemiologic …

Background A positive association of chronic exposure to alcoholic beverages with blood
pressure and the prevalence of hypertension has been described in epidemiological …

Objective: Hypothesizing that people who moderate their alcohol intake engage in other
health-promoting cardioprotective behavior, this research explored associations between …

The relationship between alcohol consumption and systolic and diastolic blood pressure
(BP) was examined in 2482 men and 2301 women 20 years of age or older in nine North …