Alcohol could contribute to obesity. The authors examined the relation between drinking
patterns and body mass index (BMI)(weight (kg)/height (m) 2) by pooling cross-sectional …

Heavy alcohol intake increases the risk of hypertension, but the relationship between light-to-
moderate alcohol consumption and incident hypertension remains controversial. We …

Although heavier drinkers are at increased risk for some heart diseases, moderate drinkers
are at lower risk for the most common form of heart disease, coronary artery disease (CAD) …

The authors evaluated the relation between consumption of alcoholic beverages and
incidence of coronary heart disease in White and African-American participants in the …

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

Objectives. We investigated Black–White differences in the association between average
alcohol drinking patterns and all-cause mortality. Methods. We pooled nationally …

Associations between self-reported average daily alcohol intake and blood pressure were
assessed in 5031 black and white men and women ages 18–30 from the Coronary Artery …

Non‐drinkers and heavy drinkers tend to have higher total and cardiovascular mortality rates
than light or moderate drinkers. The finding is not disputed; it is the interpretation of this U …

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a positive relationship between heavy alcohol
use and hypertension, but few studies have directly addressed the role of drinking pattern …

BACKGROUND: Studies suggest that moderate drinkers have lower cardiovascular disease
(CVD) mortality than nondrinkers and heavy drinkers, but there have been no randomized …