… Paul E Ronksley, doctoral student,1 Susan E Brien, post-doctoral fellow,1 Barbara J Turner,
professor of medicine and director,2 Kenneth J Mukamal, associate professor of medicine,3 …

Background Although moderate drinking confers a decreased risk of myocardial infarction,
the roles of the drinking pattern and type of beverage remain unclear. Methods We studied …

Objective To systematically review interventional studies of the effects of alcohol consumption
on 21 biological markers associated with risk of coronary heart disease in adults without …

ContextAlcohol consumption has been associated with complex changes in cerebral
vasculature and structure in older adults. How alcohol consumption affects the incidence of …

Context Type 2 diabetes in normal-weight adults (body mass index [BMI] <25) is a
representation of the metabolically obese normal-weight phenotype with unknown mortality …

Background— Our current knowledge of modifiable risk factors to prevent myocardial
infarction (MI) in young and middle-aged women is limited, and the impact of diet is largely …

BACKGROUND: The extent to which diabetes mellitus or hyperglycemia is related to risk of
death from cancer or other nonvascular conditions is uncertain. METHODS: We calculated …

Background The combined impact of lifestyle factors on incidence of diabetes mellitus later
in life is not well established. The objective of this study was to determine how lifestyle factors…

Context Previous studies have examined the associations of individual clinical risk factors
with risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD), but the combined effects of these risk factors are …

Objectives : This study sought to determine the association of fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-23
with death, heart failure (HF), and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the general population…