Search resultsThe cardioprotective effects of alcohol consumption: Does cardiac autonomic function play a role?
Title
The cardioprotective effects of alcohol consumption: Does cardiac autonomic function play a role?
Publication type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2008
Authors
Journal
European Journal of Epidemiology
Volume
23
Issue
2
Pagination
105 - 108
Date published
2008
ISBN
03932990 (ISSN)
Keywords
Adult, Aged, alcohol consumption, Alcohol Drinking, article, Autonomic Nervous System, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cohort Studies, controlled study, Coronary Disease, Female, Health Surveys, heart automaticity, heart protection, heart rate, Heart rate variability, human, Humans, ischemic heart disease, logistic regression analysis, male, Middle Aged
Abstract
Moderate alcohol consumption has cardioprotective properties and several mechanisms have been proposed. In over 4,000 men and women from the Whitehall II study, mean heart rate variability levels were lowest among those consuming the most alcohol per week, but in multivariate analyses no statistical associations were found. The cardiac autonomic nervous system is unlikely to explain much of the cardioprotective properties of alcohol.