Patterns of alcohol consumption and ischaemic heart disease in culturally divergent countries: the Prospective Epidemiological Study of Myocardial Infarction (PRIME)

Objective To investigate the effect of alcohol intake patterns on ischaemic heart disease in two countries with contrasting lifestyles, Northern Ireland and France.Design Cohort data from the Prospective Epidemiological Study of Myocardial Infarction (PRIME) were analysed. Weekly alcohol consumption...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ 2010-11, Vol.341 (7783), p.1146-1146
Hauptverfasser: Ruidavets, Jean-Bernard, Ducimetière, Pierre, Evans, Alun, Montaye, Michèle, Haas, Bernadette, Bingham, Annie, Yarnell, John, Amouyel, Philippe, Arveiler, Dominique, Kee, Frank, Bongard, Vanina, Ferrières, Jean
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Zusammenfassung:Objective To investigate the effect of alcohol intake patterns on ischaemic heart disease in two countries with contrasting lifestyles, Northern Ireland and France.Design Cohort data from the Prospective Epidemiological Study of Myocardial Infarction (PRIME) were analysed. Weekly alcohol consumption, incidence of binge drinking (alcohol >50 g on at least one day a week), incidence of regular drinking (at least one day a week, and alcohol
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
0959-535X
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.c6077