Fig. 1

Association of drinking categories with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and cardiovascular events by study cohorts. Hazard ratios are adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, diabetes, hypertension, socioeconomic position or education, body mass index, and regular use of cholesterol-lowering medications, antihypertensive medications, antiplatelet agents, digoxin, and warfarin. CI indicates confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; HSE, the Health Survey for England; SHeSs, the Scottish Health Survey