Risk and benefit of combined moderate and binge drinking on cardiovascular diseases (CVD)

1. Relevance to the call for proposals: The health effect of alcohol consumption pattern (moderate and binge drinking) is of significant public health relevance because alcohol consumption in Norway and other countries in Northern Europe have been increasing since 2000. Furthermore, the consumption pattern is changing from binge drinking towards moderate regular intake. Norway is in a fortunate position to address this issue because large scale health surveys with data on both moderate and binge drinking have been linked to a multigenerational database, hospital discharge on CVD morbidity and mortality and other registries.