TY - JOUR
AB - Editor Norman K. Hollenberg, MD, PhD Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Radiology, 15 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Mukamal KJ, Conigrave KM, Mittleman MA, et al.: Roles of drinking pattern and type of alcohol consumed in coronary heart disease in men. N Engl J Med 2003, 348:109–118. Abstract: Although moderate drinking confers a decreased risk of myocardial infarction (MI), the roles of the drinking pattern and type of beverage remain unclear. We studied the association of alcohol consumption with the risk of MI among 38,077 male health professionals who were free of cardiovascular disease and cancer at baseline. We assessed the consumption of beer, red wine, white wine, and liquor individually every 4 years, using validated food-frequency questionnaires. We documented cases of nonfatal MI and fatal coronary heart disease from 1986 to 1998. During 12 years of follow-up, there were 1418 cases of MI. Compared with men who consumed alcohol less than once per week, men who consumed alcohol 3 to 4 or 5 to 7 days per week had a decreased risk of MI (multivariate relative risk, 0.68 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.55–0.84] and 0.63 [95% CI, 0.54–0.74], respectively). The risk was 
TI - Literature alert
JO - Current Hypertension Reports
DO - 10.1007/s11906-003-0046-5
DA - 2003-05-18
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/literature-alert-qt0helQljS
SP - 439
EP - 440
VL - 5
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -