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Friday, May 4, 2007

Panel Discussion I: Does Alcohol Consumption Prevent Cardiovascular Disease?
Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 17, Issue 5, Supplement 1, May 2007, Pages S37-S39


The panel on the relationship between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease was chaired by R. Curtis Ellison and the panelists were Goya Wannamethee, Eric B. Rimm, Kenneth J. Mukamal, Morten Grønbæk, Kaye M. Fillmore, Francois M. Booyse, Federico Leighton, and Murray A. Mittleman. This discussion was centered initially on whether the putative protection of moderate alcohol consumption against coronary heart disease (CHD) reported in epidemiological studies is due to methodologic “errors.”

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Contributor: Philippe Arvers
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