Alcohol Consumption, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular Health Across the Life Course: There Is No Such Thing as a One-Size-Fits-All Approach.

Abstract

Elevated blood pressure is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease and related disability world-wide.1 It is a largely preventable condition influenced by a range of lifestyle behaviours, including but not limited to, level of physical activity, poor diet and alcohol consumption. In this issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association, two articles make important incremental contributions in extending the evidence base of the latter.