Effect of alcohol consumption on biological markers associated with risk of coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of interventional studies

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Authors

Susan Brien · Institute of Population and Public Health

Paul E. Ronksley · University of Calgary

Barbara J. Turner · Realistic Education in Action Coalition to Foster Health

William A. Ghali · Institute of Population and Public Health

Abstract

Favourable changes in several cardiovascular biomarkers (higher levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol and adiponectin and lower levels of fibrinogen) provide indirect pathophysiological support for a protective effect of moderate alcohol use on coronary heart disease.

Topics & Keywords

Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMJ

Volume 342, Issue feb22 1, pp. d636-d636

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d636

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