Background Although it is well established that heavy alcohol consumption increases the
risk of hypertension, the risk associated with low levels of alcohol intake in men and women …

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2012; 14: 792–798.© 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heavy
alcohol intake increases the risk of hypertension, but the relationship between light to …

Aims To analyze the dose–response relationship between average daily alcohol
consumption and the risk of hypertension via systematic review and meta‐analysis. Design …

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

Numerous studies have used a J-shaped or U-shaped curve to describe the relationship
between alcohol use and total mortality. The nadir of the curves based on recent meta …

Background Alcohol consumption is related to the prevalent metabolic syndrome. Few
studies have evaluated the effects of alcohol consumption on the development of metabolic …

BACKGROUND: Information on determinants and prognosis of ischemic stroke subtypes is
scarce. We aimed at evaluating risk factors, pathogenesis, treatment and outcome of …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption
and the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS), type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) …

Objective: To examine the association between total and beverage‐specific alcohol
consumption and the prevalence odds of metabolic syndrome (MS). Research Methods and …

It has been reported that subjects with prehypertension (pre-HT)(systolic blood pressure
[SBP] 120–139 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure [DBP] 80–89 mmHg) have an …