Our results for regular drinkers are at variance with the few other published studies that have comparable data,36 37 where the amount of alcohol consumed and drinking frequency were not associated with the risk of incident hard coronary events in regular drinkers. However, when our entire cohort (including binge drinkers and non-drinkers) was considered, as the number of drinking days increased, the risk of incident hard coronary events decreased, confirming the inverse associations previously reported in both men and women.19
