Effects of a single, daily alcoholic beverage on lipid and hemostatic markers of cardiovascular risk

M V McConnell; I Vavouranakis; L L Wu; D E Vaughan; P M Ridker

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00647-4

Effects of a single, daily alcoholic beverage on lipid and hemostatic markers of cardiovascular risk

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Nov 1;80(9):1226-8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00647-4.

Authors

M V McConnell¹, I Vavouranakis, L L Wu, D E Vaughan, P M Ridker

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

PMID: 9359559
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00647-4

Abstract

There is substantial epidemiologic data, but limited experimental data, supporting the mortality benefit of low-dose alcohol consumption. A regimen of a single, daily alcoholic beverage was sufficient to increase both high-density lipoprotein (HDL) (4.4%, p = 0.03) and HDL2 (7.7%, p = 0.04) in men and women, but did not significantly affect hemostatic markers of cardiovascular risk.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Alcohol Drinking*
Beer
Blood Coagulation Factors / analysis*
Cardiovascular Diseases / blood*
Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
Cholesterol, HDL / blood*
Female
Humans
Lipoproteins / blood*
Male
Middle Aged

Substances

Blood Coagulation Factors
Cholesterol, HDL
Lipoproteins