The Association of Alcohol Consumption and Incident Heart Failure
The Cardiovascular Health Study
Chris L. Bryson, MD, MS*,
,
Kenneth J. Mukamal, MD, MPH, MA
,*,
Murray A. Mittleman, DrPH, MD
,
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH
,
Calvin H. Hirsch, MD||,
Dalane W. Kitzman, MD¶ and
David S. Siscovick, MD, MPH*
* Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
VA Puget Sound HSR&D, Seattle, Washington
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
|| Division of Internal Medicine, UC Davis, Davis, California
¶ Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Figure 1 Rate of incident congestive heart failure (CHF) by alcohol consumption category.
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Copyright © 2006 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.