Association between clinically recorded alcohol consumption and initial presentation of 12 cardiovascular diseases: population based cohort study using linked health records

This work was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (RP-PG-0407-10314), Wellcome Trust (WT 086091/Z/08/Z), the Medical Research Council prognosis research strategy (PROGRESS) Partnership (G0902393/99558), and awards to establish the Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research at UCLPartners, from the Medical Research Council, Arthritis Research UK, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Chief Scientist Office, Economic and Social Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, National Institute for Social Care and Health Research, and Wellcome Trust (grant MR/K006584/1). SB and AB were supported by grants from the European Research Council (ERC-StG-2012- 309337_AlcoholLifecourse) and the Medical Research Council/Alcohol Research UK (MR/M006638/1). JG was funded by a NIHR doctoral fellowship (DRF-2009-02-50). ADS is supported by a clinical research training fellowship from the Wellcome Trust (0938/30/Z/10/Z). This article presents independent research funded in part by the NIHR. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, or the Department of Health.