Moderate Alcohol Use and Mortality from Ischaemic Heart Disease: A Prospective Study in Older Chinese People

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 3; no. 6; p. e2370
• Main Authors: Schooling, C. Mary, Wenjie, Sun, Ho, Sai Yin, Chan, Wai Man, Tham, May Ked, Ho, Kin Sang, Leung, Gabriel M., Lam, Tai Hing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 04.06.2008; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Aged; Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol use; Alcohols; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Disorders/Coronary Artery Disease; China; Cohort Studies; Coronary artery disease; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; Female; Geriatrics; Health risk assessment; Heart diseases; Humans; Ischemia; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Men; Mortality; Myocardial Ischemia - physiopathology; Older people; Population studies; Populations; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies; Public Health and Epidemiology/Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health; Socioeconomics; China

Moderate alcohol use is generally associated with lower ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality but it is difficult to ascertain whether this is due to attributes of moderate alcohol users or the properties of alcohol itself. Evidence from populations with different patterns of alcohol use and IHD c...