Study: Daily Alcohol Helps Men, Not Women
Posted on: Tuesday, 6 June 2006, 21:00 CDT
Danish researchers have determined the more men drink in moderation, the lower their risk of heart disease, although women didn't fit into the same risk model.
Dr. Morten Gronbaek of the Danish National Institute of Public Health, the study's senior author, said among men one drink a week lowered heart attack risk by about 7 percent, and two to four drinks by 22 percent, The New York Times said.
In the report published in the British medical journal BMJ, Gronbaek's research team reported even among men who had up to 35 drinks per week, the statistical protection persisted.
For women, one drink a week lowered the risk by 36 percent, but daily drinking lowered it by 35 percent, the Times said.
The study involved 27,178 male and 29,875 female volunteers who were free of coronary heart disease at the start of the study.
The study said it was not clear why men and women react differently, but the association between alcohol and coronary heart disease may be modified by menopause.
Source: United Press International
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