1. Alcohol and blood lipids. The cooperative lipoprotein phenotyping study.
- Author
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Castelli WP, Doyle JT, Gordon T, Hames CG, Hjortland MC, Hulley SB, Kagan A, and Zukel WJ
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- Aged, California, Cholesterol blood, Female, Georgia, Hawaii, Humans, Japan ethnology, Lipoproteins blood, Male, Massachusetts, Middle Aged, New York, Racial Groups, Triglycerides blood, Alcohol Drinking, Lipids blood
- Abstract
Data from five study populations participating in the Cooperative Lipoprotein Phenotyping Study indicate strong relations between reported alcohol consumption and blood-lipids. Alcohol consumption was positively associated with high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol level in all populations (r from 0-16 to 0-30), the lipid level appearing to be a graded response even over the low levels of alcohol consumption reported. Less strong but consistently negative correlations were found with low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol. Plasma-triglycerides showed a modest positive correlation with alcohol. The five populations were those of the Albany, Evans County, Framingham, Honolulu, and San Francisco Studies.
- Published
- 1977
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