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Alcohol drinking habits, alcohol dehydrogenase genotypes and risk of acute coronary syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20494945     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
AIMS: The risk of myocardial infarction is lower among light-to-moderate drinkers compared with abstainers. Results from some previous studies, but not all, suggest that this association is modified by variations in genes coding for alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). We aimed to test this hypothesis, including alcohol as both the amount of alcohol and the frequency of drinking. METHODS: we conducted a nested case-cohort study within the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health study, including 1,645 men (770 incident cases of acute coronary syndrome from 1993-1997 through 2004 and 875 randomly selected controls). RESULTS: Higher alcohol intake (measured as amount or drinking frequency) was associated with lower risk of acute coronary syndrome; however, there was no evidence that these finding were modified by ADH1B or ADH1C genotypes. CONCLUSIONS: The importance of functional variation in alcohol dehydrogenase for the association between alcohol drinking habits and the risk of developing acute coronary syndrome, if any, is very limited.
Authors:
Janne S Tolstrup; Jane L Hansen; Morten Gr?nbaek; Ulla Vogel; Anne Tj?nneland; Albert Marni Joensen; Kim Overvad
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-05-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  Scandinavian journal of public health     Volume:  38     ISSN:  1651-1905     ISO Abbreviation:  Scand J Public Health     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-25     Completed Date:  2010-06-30     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100883503     Medline TA:  Scand J Public Health     Country:  Sweden    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  489-94     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Center for Alcohol Research, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark. jst@niph.dk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acute Coronary Syndrome / enzymology,  etiology*,  genetics
Aged
Alcohol Dehydrogenase / genetics*
Alcohol Drinking / adverse effects*,  genetics
Case-Control Studies
Cohort Studies
Genotype
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Questionnaires
Risk Factors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
EC 1.1.1.1/Alcohol Dehydrogenase

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