American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 98, Issue 5 , Pages 628-632 , 1 September 2006

Alcohol Consumption and Plasma Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (from The HyperGEN Study)

  • Luc Djoussé, MD, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Aging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 617-525-7591; fax: 617-525-7739.
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  • Steven C. Hunt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • John H. Eckfeldt, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Donna K. Arnett, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • Michael A. Province, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
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  • Robert Curtis Ellison, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 23 December 2005 ,Revised 7 March 2006 ,Accepted 9 March 2006.

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 This study was supported in part by Grants HL55673, HL54471, HL 54472, HL54473, HL54496, HL54509, HL 54515, HL007972, and K01 HL070444 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.

PII: S0002-9149(06)00990-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.03.041

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 98, Issue 5 , Pages 628-632 , 1 September 2006

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