Arthur L Klatsky

..6 (1.1-2.3, p = 0.01), due substantially to increased risks of SAH in Japanese people and ICH in Filipinos. These data mandate emphasis upon preventive measures in these groups...

..In conclusion, the data indicate that the risks of hypertension are similar regardless of the amount of alcohol consumption...

..Limited data suggest that alcohol drinking may have an inverse relation to risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Prospective data about alcohol, NHL, and other hematologic malignancies (HM) are sparse...

..We conclude that with a threshold below 1-2 drinks daily, a hormone-related mechanism mediates a relation of alcohol drinking to an increased BrCa risk...

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..A minority of persons at risk develop liver cirrhosis, but knowledge of risk modulators is sparse. Several reports suggest that coffee drinking is associated with lower cirrhosis risk...

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..To identify ethnic differences for risk of hospitalization for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...

..Heavy alcohol drinking is associated with increased prevalence of systemic hypertension (HTN), but the relationship between moderate drinking and HTN remains unclear. We explored the possible role of underreporting among moderate drinkers...

..To study health status and hospitalization risk among Asian Americans...

..Advice regarding the advisability of alcohol drinking for health needs to be individualized according to specific risks and benefits...

..Amount of alcohol taken is a crucial consideration in alcohol-health relations. Advice to concerned persons needs to take into account individual risk/benefit factors in drinkers or potential drinkers...

..Beverage choice (wine, beer, and liquor) was not independently related. We conclude that only heavy drinking is weakly related to increased HS risk and that light drinking need not be proscribed with respect to HS risk...

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..Although potentially important confounders (such as dietary habits) were not included in the analysis, high-level ETS exposure at home was independently associated with increased risk of first ischemic stroke among never-smoking women...

..These relations were similar in men, women, and several ethnic groups but stronger in subjects <40 years old. These data suggest a definition of optimal BP of <100/70 mm Hg, similar to usual BP levels in children <10 years old...

..The data are compatible with the hypotheses that smoking may be toxic to the pancreas or may potentiate other pancreatic toxins while some ingredient in coffee may have a modulating effect...

..Possible non-alcohol beneficial components in wine (especially red) support possible extra protection by wine, but a healthier pattern of drinking or more favorable risk traits in wine drinkers may be involved...

..The basic disparity underlying all alcohol-health relations is between effects of lighter and heavier drinking...

..Even with these limitations, a causal association is the most likely explanation and control of alcohol intake is probably important in prevention and treatment of hypertension...

..This article reviews these areas and includes new data about the beverage choice aspect...

..Communication about alcohol-health relations would be improved if all research reports explicitly described queries and methods by which alcohol intake was categorized and if limitations were always frankly acknowledged...

..These potential and possibly conflicting confounding factors need to be considered when studying the health effects of coffee or caffeine...

..We compared the characteristics and outcomes of patients with "early repolarization" electrocardiograms (ECGs) with those who had normal ECGs...