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| Alcohol consumption is negatively associated with the prevalence of coronary heart disease in the New Mexico Elder Health Survey | | Author(s) | Robert D Lindeman, Linda J Romero, Andrew S Allen |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 47, no 4, April 1999 |
| Pages | pp 397-401 |
| Keywords | Heart disease ; Alcoholism ; Alcoholic beverages ; Ethnic groups ; White people ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A cross-sectional study of equal numbers of Hispanic and non-Hispanic white (NHW) men and women, mean age 74.1 years were interviewed and examined. Coronary heart disease (CHD) was identified by interview and electrocardiogram. Risk factors (e.g. hypertension) were identified by interview and by direct measurements. The adjusted prevalence of CHD were not significantly different between Hispanics and NHWs. Age-, ethnicity- and gender-adjusted relative risk of CHD was inversely associated with alcohol consumption. Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and male gender were also significant risk factors. Age, anthropometric measurements, smoking, serum lipid concentrations, and levels of education were not. HDL cholesterol levels were significantly lower in non-drinkers; other lipid levels were not associated with alcohol consumption. The type of alcohol beverage was not associated with CHD. Despite high prevalence of diabetes and central obesity in Hispanics, no significant differences in CHD prevention existed between Hispanics and NHW participants. Alcohol consumption was strongly negatively associated with prevalence of CHD identified in this population. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825292 A |
| Classmark | CQH: ETA: YPP: TK: TKA: 3KB: 7T |
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