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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Alcohol intake and the Risk of coronary heart disease in the Spanish EPIC cohort study


The association between alcohol consumption and Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) has been broadly studied. Most studies conclude that moderate alcohol intake reduces the risk of CHD. There are many discussions on whether the association is causal or biased.

The objective is to analyse the association between
alcohol intake and risk of CHD in the Spanish cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC).

In men aged 29-69 years, alcohol intake was associated
with a more than 30% lower CHD incidence. Our study is based on a large prospective cohort study and is free of the abstainer error.

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