ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2008
Relationship of alcohol consumption and type of alcoholic beverage consumed with plasma lipid levels: differences between Whites and African Americans of the ARIC study.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Moderate alcohol consumption and lipoprotein subfractions: a systematic review of intervention and observational studies.Nutrition reviews · 2022Pooled it
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- Causal Role of Alcohol Consumption in an Improved Lipid Profile: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.PloS one · 2016Trial
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- Plasma lipids, alcohol intake frequency and risk of Osteoarthritis: a Mendelian randomization study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- A Case of Hypertriglyceridemia-Induced Acute Pancreatitis in the Setting of Alcohol Abuse.Cureus · 2023Article
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- Association of lifestyle factors with blood lipids and inflammation in adults aged 40 years and above: a population-based cross-sectional study in Taiwan.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Effects of Moderate Ethanol Consumption on Lipid Metabolism and Inflammation Through Regulation of Gene Expression in Rats.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2019Article
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- Alcohol and Tobacco Use in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Breast Cancer Patients, Including Sea Island African Americans: Implications for Survivorship.Frontiers in oncology · 2018Article
- Alcohol Intake and Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women from the AMBER Consortium.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2017Article
- Longitudinal study of alcohol consumption and HDL concentrations: a community-based study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeAlcohol consumption has been shown to contribute to a favorable lipid profile, and most studies have reported a reduction in coronary heart disease risk with low-to-moderate consumption of alcohol that is generally attributed to the beneficial effects of alcohol on lipids. The influence of different types of alcoholic beverages on plasma lipid levels has been investigated to a lesser extent and in limited populations.
methodsWe investigated the effect of overall alcohol consumption, as well as the type of alcoholic beverage consumed, on multiple lipid measures in the large bi-ethnic population of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
resultsWe found both low-to-moderate and heavy alcohol consumption, regardless of the type of alcoholic beverage consumed, to result in significantly greater levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, HDL3 cholesterol, and apolipoprotein A-I in both white and African-American males and females. Associations with other lipid measures contrasted between whites and African Americans, with greater levels of alcohol consumption resulting in significantly greater triglyceride levels in African Americans.
conclusionsOur results confirm previous studies associating alcohol consumption, regardless of beverage type, with greater HDL cholesterol levels, with additional consistent associations detected for the major HDL cholesterol density subfraction, HDL3 cholesterol, and the major HDL cholesterol structural apolipoprotein, apolipoprotein A-I.
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