The association of ADH and ALDH gene variants with alcohol drinking habits and cardiovascular disease risk factors

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1984-1991

  Husemoen, Lise Lotte Nystrup ^a   Fenger, Mogens ^b   Friedrich, Nele ^a,c   Tolstrup, Janne Schurmann ^d   Beenfeldt Fredriksen, Stine ^b   Linneberg, Allan ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde dehydrogenase; Alcohol; Alcohol dehydrogenase; Biomarkers; Drinking habits

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENMARK; ETHANOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 54249136856     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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