Importance A previous meta-analysis of the association between alcohol use and all-cause
mortality found no statistically significant reductions in mortality risk at low levels of …

Objective To conduct a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of studies
assessing the effect of alcohol consumption on multiple cardiovascular outcomes. Design …

Abstract Introduction and Aims. Alcohol is an established risk factor for liver cirrhosis. It
remains unclear, however, whether this relationship follows a continuous dose–response …

Background Moderate consumption of alcohol is inversely related with coronary disease, but
its association with mortality is controversial. We performed a meta-analysis of prospective …

Context Observational studies suggest that heavy alcohol consumption may increase the
risk of stroke while moderate consumption may decrease the risk. Objective To examine the …

Objective. To estimate parameters of the function relating alcohol consumption with the risk
of coronary heart disease and to identify the sources of heterogeneity in the parameter …

Scientific advances in this field have not only given us a better understanding of what is an
optimal diet, but has allowed food and nutraceutical companies to market products with …

Background According to published data, between 1984 and 1994 mortality rates in Russia
initially underwent a rapid decline followed by an even steeper increase. In 1994, male life …

Objective To investigate the associations of sleep duration, midday napping, sleep quality,
and change in sleep duration with risk of incident stroke and stroke subtypes. Methods …

Alcohol has long been known as a risk factor for disease. The 1990 Global Burden of
Disease (GBD) study (Murray and Lopez 1996a, 1996b) identified alcohol as one of the …