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01-02-2008 | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

The cardioprotective effects of alcohol consumption: does cardiac autonomic function play a role?

Authors: Annie Britton, Marek Malik, Michael Marmot

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 2/2008

Abstract

Moderate alcohol consumption has cardioprotective properties and several mechanisms have been proposed. In over 4,000 men and women from the Whitehall II study, mean heart rate variability levels were lowest among those consuming the most alcohol per week, but in multivariate analyses no statistical associations were found. The cardiac autonomic nervous system is unlikely to explain much of the cardioprotective properties of alcohol.

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Title: The cardioprotective effects of alcohol consumption: does cardiac autonomic function play a role?
Authors: Annie Britton
Marek Malik
Michael Marmot
Publication date: 01-02-2008
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 2/2008
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-007-9213-3

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