Alcohol and ischemic heart disease: wine, beer or both?
The relationship between mortality from ischemic heart disease and alcoholic beverage consumption in 27 countries was investigated. A significant inverse correlation was obtained between mortality due to ischemic disease and percent contribution to alcohol consumption by wine (r = -0.75, P less than 0.001). A positive correlation (r = 0.60, P less than 0.001) was obtained between ischemic heart disease and alcohol consumption from beer.
D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001515:Beer; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D014920:Wine