Association of Habitual Alcohol Intake With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Observational studies have consistently proposed cardiovascular benefits associated with light alcohol consumption, while recent genetic analyses (ie, mendelian randomization studies) have suggested a possible causal link between alcohol intake and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, traditional approaches to genetic epidemiology assume a linear association and thus have not fully evaluated dose-response estimates of risk across different levels of alcohol intake.

Objectives

To assess the association of habitual alcohol intake with cardiovascular disease risk and to evaluate the direction and relative magnitude of cardiovascular risk associated with different amounts of alcohol consumption.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study

SUBMITTER: Biddinger KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8956974 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature