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The Effect of Alcohol on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Is There New Information?
The effects of alcohol on cardiovascular health are heterogeneous and vary according to consumption dose and pattern. These effects have classically been described as having a J-shaped curve, in which low-to-moderate consumption is associated with less risk than lifetime abstention, and heavy drinke...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7230699/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32230720 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12040912 |
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author | Minzer, Simona Losno, Ricardo Arturo Casas, Rosa |
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description | The effects of alcohol on cardiovascular health are heterogeneous and vary according to consumption dose and pattern. These effects have classically been described as having a J-shaped curve, in which low-to-moderate consumption is associated with less risk than lifetime abstention, and heavy drinkers show the highest risk. Nonetheless, the beneficial effects of alcohol have been questioned due to the difficulties in establishing a safe drinking threshold. This review focuses on the association between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular risk factors and the underlying mechanisms of damage, with review of the literature from the last 10 years. |
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spelling | pubmed-72306992020-05-22 The Effect of Alcohol on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Is There New Information? Minzer, Simona Losno, Ricardo Arturo Casas, Rosa Nutrients Review The effects of alcohol on cardiovascular health are heterogeneous and vary according to consumption dose and pattern. These effects have classically been described as having a J-shaped curve, in which low-to-moderate consumption is associated with less risk than lifetime abstention, and heavy drinkers show the highest risk. Nonetheless, the beneficial effects of alcohol have been questioned due to the difficulties in establishing a safe drinking threshold. This review focuses on the association between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular risk factors and the underlying mechanisms of damage, with review of the literature from the last 10 years. MDPI 2020-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7230699/ /pubmed/32230720 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12040912 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Minzer, Simona Losno, Ricardo Arturo Casas, Rosa The Effect of Alcohol on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Is There New Information? |
title | The Effect of Alcohol on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Is There New Information? |
title_full | The Effect of Alcohol on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Is There New Information? |
title_fullStr | The Effect of Alcohol on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Is There New Information? |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Alcohol on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Is There New Information? |
title_short | The Effect of Alcohol on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Is There New Information? |
title_sort | effect of alcohol on cardiovascular risk factors: is there new information? |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7230699/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32230720 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12040912 |
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