Wine and health

Klatskyet al found a protective effect from any alcoholic beverage and granted a minor additional benefit for beer in men and red wine in women. 5 As early as 1979, St Léger et al showed an inverse relation between the rate of cardiovascular mortality and wine consumption, and a direct relation wit...

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Published in:Heart (British Cardiac Society) 1999-05, Vol.81 (5), p.459-460
Main Author: BROUSTET, J-P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol Drinking
Alzheimer Disease - prevention & control
Cardiovascular disease
Coronary Disease - prevention & control
Diet
Female
Health risk assessment
Heart attacks
Humans
Longevity
Male
Myocardial Infarction - prevention & control
Retrospective Studies
Risk
Wine
Wines
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Summary:Klatskyet al found a protective effect from any alcoholic beverage and granted a minor additional benefit for beer in men and red wine in women. 5 As early as 1979, St Léger et al showed an inverse relation between the rate of cardiovascular mortality and wine consumption, and a direct relation with the consumption of dairy fat in European countries. 6 In 1987, Richard 7 used the term "French paradox" to underline the contrast between a food rich in saturated fatty acids and a moderate coronary death rate similar to that in Mediterranean countries where dietary fat intake is much less than in France. The annual coronary death rate for 100 000 men aged 35 to 64 years was 78 in Toulouse, 348 in Belfast, and 380 in Glasgow. [...]a difference of cardiovascular mortality rate between Lille, Strasbourg, and Toulouse was in favour of the last where the consumption of fresh fruit, fresh vegetable, and wine was more important than in Strasbourg or Lille.
ISSN:1355-6037
1468-201X
DOI:10.1136/hrt.81.5.459