Is alcohol consumption associated with calcified atherosclerotic plaque in the coronary arteries and aorta?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 177-182

  Ellison, R Curtis ^a   Zhang, Yuqing ^a   Hopkins, Paul N ^b   Knox, Sarah ^c   Djoussé, Luc ^a   Carr, Jeffrey J ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c National Children's Study Placenta Consortium   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSELS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES;

EID: 33745646996     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.09.016     Document Type: Article

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