ArticleBMJ open2018
Light-moderate alcohol consumption and left ventricular function among healthy, middle-aged adults: the HUNT study.
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- Cardiac Responses to Alcohol: A Review of Mechanisms and Clinical Implications.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Association between self-reported alcohol consumption and diastolic dysfunction: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2023Observational
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- Reaction Time and Visual Memory in Connection to Hazardous Drinking Polygenic Scores in Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder and Bipolar Disorder.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Reaction Time and Visual Memory in Connection to Alcohol Use in Persons with Bipolar Disorder.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Heavy alcohol drinking and subclinical echocardiographic abnormalities of structure and function.Open heart · 2021Article
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- Reaction Time and Visual Memory in Connection with Alcohol Use in Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder.Brain sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the association between alcohol consumption and left ventricular (LV) function in a population with low average alcohol intake. DESIGN, SETTING AND
participantsA total of 1296 healthy participants, free from cardiovascular diseases, were randomly selected from the third wave of the Norwegian HUNT study (2006-2008) and underwent echocardiography. After validation of the inclusion criteria, 30 participants were excluded due to arrhythmias or myocardial or valvular pathology. Alcohol consumption, sociodemographic and major cardiovascular risk factors were assessed by questionnaires and clinical examination in the HUNT3. General linear models were used to analyse the cross-sectional associations between alcohol intake and LV indices. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: LV functional and structural indices were measured with tissue Doppler and speckle tracking echocardiography.
resultsWe observed no associations between alcohol consumption and multivariable-adjusted LV functional indices. Excluding abstainers who reported regular alcohol consumption 10 years prior to the baseline did not change the results. Alcohol consumption was positively associated with LV mass indices (p<0.01 for linear trend of the means); there was no such association among participants with non-risky drinking characteristics (p=0.67 for linear trend of the means).
conclusionsWe found no clear evidence that light-moderate alcohol consumption is associated with measures of LV function, although our results indicate that consumption, especially when marked by binge drinking, is progressively associated with greater LV mass.
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