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Alcohol intake, myocardial infarction, biochemical risk factors, and alcohol dehydrogenase genotypes.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Oct 2009
Tolstrup Janne S, Grønbaek Morten, Nordestgaard Børge G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The risk of myocardial infarction is lower among light-to-moderate alcohol drinkers compared with abstainers. We tested associations between alcohol intake and risk of myocardial infarction and risk factors and whether these associations are modified by variations in alcohol dehydrogenases. METHODS AND RESULTS: We used information on 9584 men and women from the Danish general population in the...
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