| Alcohol consumption and metabolic syndrome. | |
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PMID: 21426447 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol regularly for years is toxic to almost every tissue of the body. On the other hand, epidemiological and clinical evidence shows that light-to-moderate drinking is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, total and ischemic stroke, and mortality. In the past two decades, metabolic syndrome, the combination of obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia, are all also recognized as major cardiovascular risk factors, has given rise to much clinical and research attention, because of its high prevalence in the world. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the overall associations of alcohol consumption with the development of metabolic syndrome. Recently, the protective, detrimental or J-shaped associations have been reported between alcohol consumption and metabolic syndrome. This controversy may be due to the complex mechanistic relation between alcohol consumption and each component of metabolic syndrome, and almost all studies have various limitations and problem points. Prospective studies are therefore needed to confirm the association between alcohol consumption and prevalence of metabolic syndrome, and to assess the influence of alcohol drinking patterns and other possible factors, such as smoking, physical activity, socioeconomic status, education, occupation, diet and exercise. This article reviews the relation of alcohol consumption and components of metabolic syndrome, and discusses the epidemiological evidence for alcohol's putative vascular protective effects and plausible underlying biological mechanisms. |
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Naoki Fujita; Yoshiyuki Takei |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology Volume: 41 ISSN: 1386-6346 ISO Abbreviation: Hepatol. Res. Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
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Created Date: 2011-03-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9711801 Medline TA: Hepatol Res Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 287-95 Citation Subset: - |
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© 2011 The Japan Society of Hepatology. |
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Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Division of Clinical Medicine and Biomedical Science, Institute of Medical Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan. |
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