Alcohol intake and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
Recent studies reinforce the consistent finding of a J-shaped inverse association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality, primarily as a result of the underlying association between alcohol and coronary heart disease. The most plausible mechanism behind this effect is through increases in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. All types of alcoholic beverage reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, suggesting that ethanol is responsible for the protective effect.
Sesso
H D
HD
Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA. hsesso@hsph.harvard.edu
Gaziano
J M
JM
D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D012307:Risk Factors
D008055:Lipids