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Prevention of cardiovascular risk by moderate alcohol consumption: epidemiologic evidence and plausible mechanisms
Augusto Di Castelnuovo1, Simona Costanzo, Maria Benedetta Donati
1RE ARTU Research Laboratories, John Paul II Centre For High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Largo Gemelli 1, 86100, Campobasso, Italy. dicastel@ngi.it
Abstract:
An inverse association between moderate alcohol intake and cardiovascular risk, in particular coronary disease and ischemic stroke, has been shown in many epidemiologic studies. In addition, several other diseases are also known to occur less frequently in moderate drinkers than in non-drinkers, whereas excess of drinking is invariably harmful. However, some concern has been recently raised about the possibility that at all dosages the harm of alcohol could overcome its beneficial effects. We present here the epidemiologic and mechanistic evidence to support the protective effect of moderate alcohol intake against cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality.
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