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Conventional and genetic epidemiological methods were used to assess the associations of alcohol intake with cIMT, presence of carotid plaque, and carotid plaque burden, in 22,384 adults from the China Kadoorie Biobank study. Among men, higher alcohol intake was associated with higher carotid plaque burden in both the conventional and the genetic analyses.
