Document Detail


Associations between alcohol drinking and multiple risk factors for atherosclerosis in smokers and nonsmokers.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20211936     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This study investigated relationships between alcohol intake and multiple risk factors for atherosclerosis in smokers and nonsmokers. Men aged 35 to 54 years (n = 27 005) were divided into 6 groups by ethanol intake. The prevalence of multiple (>or=3 or >or=4) risk factors, including obesity, high blood pressure, high total cholesterol, triglyceride and fasting blood glucose, and low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, was compared among the groups in smokers and nonsmokers. Smokers and nonsmokers showed U- and J-shaped relationships, respectively, between alcohol intake and prevalence of multiple risk factors. Odds ratios of drinkers versus nondrinkers for multiple risk factors were significantly low in very light, light, moderate, and heavy drinkers in smokers and were significantly low in light and moderate drinkers but not in very low and heavy drinkers in nonsmokers. There is a U- or J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and multiple risk factors for atherosclerosis, and this relationship is modified by smoking.
Authors:
Ichiro Wakabayashi
Related Documents :
20623356 - Smoking is associated with a high prevalence of microalbuminuria in hypertensive high-r...
19228666 - Health consequences of sustained smoking cessation.
19636066 - The impact of cigarette package design on perceptions of risk.
17722436 - Periodontal conditions in a swedish city population of adolescents: a comparison betwee...
23021256 - Absence of viruses in amniotic fluid of women with pprom: a case series.
19477446 - Three-step versus "see-and-treat" approach in women with high-grade squamous intraepith...
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-03-08
Journal Detail:
Title:  Angiology     Volume:  61     ISSN:  1940-1574     ISO Abbreviation:  Angiology     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-28     Completed Date:  2010-07-06     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0203706     Medline TA:  Angiology     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  495-503     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. wakabaya@hyo-med.ac.jp
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Alcohol Drinking / adverse effects,  epidemiology*
Alcoholism / epidemiology
Atherosclerosis / epidemiology*
Comorbidity
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Japan
Male
Metabolic Syndrome X / epidemiology
Middle Aged
Odds Ratio
Risk Factors
Smoking / adverse effects,  epidemiology*
Statistics as Topic

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Comparison of the Automated Oscillometric Method With the Gold Standard Doppler Ultrasound Method to...
Next Document:  Effects of TCDD on the fate of naive dendritic cells.