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

To evaluate the hypothesis that, in terms of all-cause death, drinking alcohol 1–4 days per
week is less harmful than daily (5–7 days/week) drinking of the same quantity of alcohol, a …

Little is known about the role of alcohol in determining change in body weight. In this paper,
the authors examine the relation between alcohol intake and body weight in 7,230 US adults …

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 …

We examined the relation of alcoholic beverage type and risk of myocardial infarction (MI) in
a case-control study among 340 cases of MI and an equal number of age-, sex-, and …

Objective: To examine the association between beer binging (regular sessions of heavy
beer drinking) and mortality. Design: Prospective population based study with the baseline …

Objective To conduct a meta-analysis summarizing the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
and all-cause mortality (ACM) in relation to alcohol consumption in patients with …

A close relationship between alcohol consumption and hypertension has been established,
but it is unclear whether there is a threshold level for this association. In addition, it has …

▪ 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 …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to quantify the relation between alcohol
consumption and cardiovascular and total mortality in patients with a history of …