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Alcohol consumption and high-density lipoprotein levels: the effect of ADH1C genotype, gender and menopausal status.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Oct 2005
Hines Lisa M, Hunter David J, Stampfer Meir J, Spiegelman Donna, Chu Nain-Feng, Rifai Nader, Hankinson Susan E, Rimm Eric B
Abstract excerpt
We previously demonstrated that a functional polymorphism in alcohol dehydrogenase type 1C (ADH1C, also known as ADH3) modifies the association between moderate alcohol consumption and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels and risk of myocardial infarction among older men. In this study, we investigated the effect of the ADH1C gamma(1) and gamma(2) alleles on the relationship between alcohol consumption and HDL...
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