Alcohol volume, drinking pattern, and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality: is there a U-shaped function?

RP Murray, JE Connett, SL Tyas, R Bond… - American Journal of …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
The health effects of a binge pattern of alcohol consumption have not been widely
investigated. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cardiovascular consequences of …

Average volume of alcohol consumption, patterns of drinking, and all-cause mortality: results from the US National Alcohol Survey

J Rehm, TK Greenfield, JD Rogers - American Journal of …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of an average volume of alcohol
consumption and drinking patterns on all-cause mortality. The sample (n= 5,072) was drawn …

Alcohol intake in middle age and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality: accounting for intake variation over time

JR Emberson, AG Shaper… - American Journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular
disease. However, the impact of variation in alcohol intake over time on estimated risk …

Different measures of alcohol consumption and risk of coronary heart disease and all‐cause mortality: 11‐year follow‐up of the Whitehall II Cohort Study

A Britton, M Marmot - Addiction, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To investigate the relationship between three measures of alcohol consumption
obtained simultaneously in a large cohort and the validated risk of coronary heart disease …

Average volume of alcohol consumed, type of beverage, drinking pattern and the risk of death from all causes

L Baglietto, DR English, JL Hopper… - Alcohol and …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background: The objective was to investigate associations between average volume of
alcohol consumption, type of beverage and drinking pattern and all-cause mortality in the …

Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular mortality among US adults, 1987 to 2002

KJ Mukamal, CM Chen, SR Rao, RA Breslow - Journal of the American …, 2010 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the association of alcohol consumption
and cardiovascular mortality in the US population. Background: Alcohol consumption has …

Alcohol and cardiovascular disease--more than one paradox to consider. Average volume of alcohol consumption, patterns of drinking and risk of coronary heart …

J Rehm, CT Sempos, M Trevisan - Journal of cardiovascular risk, 2003 - europepmc.org
The effect of average volume of alcohol on coronary heart disease (CHD) is J-shaped in
established market economies. Light to moderate drinkers have less risk than abstainers …

Alcohol intake and mortality: findings from the National Health Interview Surveys (1988 and 1990)

Y Liao, DL McGee, G Cao… - American Journal of …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
The authors used prospective data from two supplemental studies of the National Health
Interview Survey, the 1988 Alcohol Supplement and the 1990 Health Promotion and …

Increased mortality related to heavy alcohol intake pattern

T Laatikainen, L Manninen, K Poikolainen… - … of Epidemiology & …, 2003 - jech.bmj.com
Study objective: Although moderate alcohol intake is related to decreased all cause and
ischaemic heart disease mortality, intake of large amounts at a time may be harmful. Design …

Prospective study of alcohol consumption in the United States: quantity, frequency, and cause‐specific mortality

RA Breslow, BI Graubard - Alcoholism: Clinical and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Alcohol average volume (quantity multiplied by frequency) has been
associated with mortality in drinkers. However, average volume may mask associations due …