title: Cardioprotective effect of moderate drinking: possible mediation by vital exhaustion.
abstract: A curvilinear relationship between alcohol consumption and heart disease risk has often been demonstrated. A similar relationship was found between vital exhaustion (VE) and alcohol intake in 62 Japanese and 53 British healthy males. Vital exhaustion is a prodromal state for cardiac events. A possible connection between moderate social drinking, VE and heart disease is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychology Practice, Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Conduit
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Appels
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000187:drug effects; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D000431:Ethanol