What is the correlation between alcohol intake and non-fatal and fatal coronary heart disease and stroke?
Ricci et al. (2018) conducted a case-cohort study by using the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort to investigate the correlation between alcohol intake and non-fatal and fatal coronary heart disease and stroke. The study found that the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke increased with increasing alcohol intake. Other studies have also found that higher alcohol intake is associated with a higher risk of stroke (Reynolds et al., 2003; Salehi Omran et al., 2019; Sordo et al., 2017; Indave et al., 2017). Additionally, binge drinking and heavy alcohol consumption have been associated with an increased risk of hypertension, which can potentially lead to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease mortality (Sull et al., 2010).  