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23134229
TITLE
Metabolic and biochemical effects of low-to-moderate alcohol consumption.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND NlmCategory: BACKGROUND
Alcohol consumption has multiple biochemical consequences. Only a few of these are useful as diagnostic markers, but many reflect potentially harmful or beneficial effects of alcohol. Average consumption of 2 to 4 drinks per day is associated with lower overall or cardiovascular mortality risk than either lower or higher intake. We have analyzed the dose-response relationships between reported alcohol consumption and 17 biomarkers, with emphasis on intake of up to 3 drinks per day.
METHODS NlmCategory: METHODS
Biochemical tests were performed on serum from 8,396 study participants (3,750 men and 4,646 women, aged 51 ± 13 years, range 18 to 93) who had provided information on alcohol consumption in the week preceding blood collection.
RESULTS NlmCategory: RESULTS
Gamma glutamyl transferase, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, urate, ferritin, and bilirubin showed little or no change with alcohol consumption below 2 to 3 drinks per day, but increased with higher intake. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol and albumin showed increasing results, and insulin showed decreasing results, across the entire range of alcohol use. Biphasic responses, where subjects reporting 1 to 2 drinks per day had lower results than those reporting either more or less alcohol use, occurred for triglycerides, glucose, C-reactive protein, alkaline phosphatase, and butyrylcholinesterase. Increasing alcohol use was associated with decreasing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in younger women, but higher LDL-C in older men.
CONCLUSIONS NlmCategory: CONCLUSIONS
Some markers show threshold relationships with alcohol, others show continuous ones, and a third group show biphasic or U-shaped relationships. Overall, the biochemical sequelae of low-to-moderate alcohol use are consistent with the epidemiological evidence on morbidity and mortality.
Copyright © 2012 by the Research Society on Alcoholism.
DATE PUBLISHED
2013 Apr
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2012/03/14
accepted 2012/08/12
aheadofprint 2012/11/07
entrez 2012/11/09 06:00
pubmed 2012/11/09 06:00
medline 2013/12/29 06:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Whitfield JB Whitfield John B JB Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. John.Whitfield@qimr.edu.au
Heath AC Heath Andrew C AC
Madden PA Madden Pamela A F PA
Pergadia ML Pergadia Michele L ML
Montgomery GW Montgomery Grant W GW
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 37
ISSUE: 4
TITLE: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research
ISOABBREVIATION: Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res.
YEAR: 2013
MONTH: Apr
DAY:
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CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1530-0277
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Alcohol Clin Exp Res
COUNTRY: England
ISSNLINKING: 0145-6008
NLMUNIQUEID: 7707242
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
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GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alcohol Drinking epidemiology
Biomarkers blood
Cholesterol, LDL blood
Female blood
Humans blood
Male blood
Middle Aged blood
Retrospective Studies blood
Young Adult blood
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
REGISTRYNUMBER NAMEOFSUBSTANCE
0 Biomarkers
0 Cholesterol, LDL
OTHER ID's
OTHERID SOURCE
NIHMS408331 NLM
PMC3568441 NLM
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