American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 3 , Pages 361-368 , 1 February 2009

Alcohol Drinking and Cardiovascular Risk in a Population With High Mean Alcohol Consumption

  • Maryline Foerster, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Pedro Marques-Vidal, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • CARDIOMET, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Gerhard Gmel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Alcohol Treatment Center, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Jean-Bernard Daeppen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Alcohol Treatment Center, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Jacques Cornuz, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Daniel Hayoz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Vascular Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Alain Pécoud, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Vincent Mooser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Genetics, GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Gérard Waeber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Peter Vollenweider, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Fred Paccaud, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Nicolas Rodondi, MD, MAS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 41-21-314-60-53; fax: 41-21-314-61-08

Received 10 July 2008 ,Revised 12 September 2008 ,Accepted 12 September 2008.

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    Association between alcohol consumption, cardiovascular risk factors, and 10-year CAD risk. HDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure (BP), and 10-year CAD risk according to last week alcohol consumpti

    Association between alcohol consumption, cardiovascular risk factors, and 10-year CAD risk. HDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure (BP), and 10-year CAD risk according to last week alcohol consumption. Values are adjusted for age, gender, education, units of weekly physical activity, tobacco use, body mass index, statins (for HDL cholesterol), and antihypertensive medications (for systolic BP). Alcohol consumption was associated with increased HDL cholesterol (p for trend <0.001), systolic BP (p for trend <0.001), and 10-year CAD risk (p for trend = 0.03).

 This study was supported by research grants from the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of Lausanne, Switzerland, and from GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PII: S0002-9149(08)01705-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.09.089

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 3 , Pages 361-368 , 1 February 2009

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