Does moderate alcohol intake protect against coronary heart disease?

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dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, D Pen_US
dc.contributor.authorSrivastava, L Men_US
dc.date.accessioned2001-03-29en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T04:29:58Z
dc.date.available2001-03-29en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-27T04:29:58Z
dc.date.issued2001-03-29en_US
dc.description69 references.en_US
dc.description.abstractThere is abundant epidemiological and clinical evidence to show that light-to-moderate drinking is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), total and ischemic stroke, and total mortality in middle-aged and elderly men and women. The evidence suggests a J- or U-shaped relationship between alcohol and CHD. Alcohol reduces the risk of coronary heart disease both by inhibiting the formation of atheroma and by decreasing the rate of blood coagulation. It appears that for most conditions, other than cardiovascular diseases and cholelithiasis, moderate alcohol consumption has either none or only an intermediate type of risk as compared with the risk of either abstinence or excessive drinking. It is now fully recognized and accepted that drinking alcohol regularly for years is toxic to almost every tissue of the body. However, most people who choose to drink alcohol have little or no problem limiting their consumption to amounts that do not generally cause serious health or social consequences. Moreover, a given dose of alcohol may affect different people differently. It is, therefore, imperative that a critical evaluation, based on the observations made hitherto, be done of both the harmful and the protective effects of alcohol consumption on various organs/systems of the body. This article reviews epidemiological evidence for the protective effects of alcohol on the cardiovascular system and discusses how alcohol might lower the risk of CHD.en_US
dc.description.affiliationInstitute of Human Genetics, University of Hamburg, Germany. agarwal@uke.uni-hamburg.deen_US
dc.identifier.citationAgarwal DP, Srivastava LM. Does moderate alcohol intake protect against coronary heart disease? Indian Heart Journal. 2001 Mar-Apr; 53(2): 224-30en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/5960
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://indianheartjournal.comen_US
dc.subject.meshAlcohol Drinkingen_US
dc.subject.meshCoronary Disease --prevention & controlen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshPrognosisen_US
dc.subject.meshRisk Assessmenten_US
dc.subject.meshSensitivity and Specificityen_US
dc.titleDoes moderate alcohol intake protect against coronary heart disease?en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
dc.typeReviewen_US
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