Drinking alcohol more often is linked to higher heart disease risk scores, but not for one specific scoring method.

If you drink a little alcohol — like one drink a day for women or two for men — you might be less likely to die from heart disease than if you don’t drink at all. But drinking too much or randomly can make your heart risk worse, so how and how much you drink matters.

People with higher body weight, who drink more alcohol, are less physically active, or smoke more often tend to have a higher likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease.