van Oort S, Beulens JW, van der Heijden AAWA, et al. - Researchers examined how alcohol consumption is associated with echocardiographic measures of cardiac structure and function, in individuals with and without type 2 diabetes. From the Hoorn Study (aged 68.4±7.2 years, 49% women), a population-based prospective cohort study, they included 778 participants and categorized them, based on their alcohol consumption, into: none (0/week), light (> 0 - ≤ 30 grams/week), light-to-moderate (> 30 - ≤ 70 grams/week), moderate (> 70 - ≤ 140 grams/week), and heavy drinkers (> 140 grams/week). As per findings, there is an association of moderate and heavy alcohol consumption with decreased left ventricular ejection fraction and a trend towards a higher risk of incident LV systolic dysfunction, when compared with light drinkers.