Light-moderate alcohol consumption and left ventricular function among healthy, middle-aged adults: the HUNT study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To investigate the association between alcohol consumption and left ventricular (LV) function in a population with low average alcohol intake. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:A total of 1296 healthy participants, free from cardiovascular diseases, were randomly selected from the third wave of the Norwegian HUNT study (2006-2008) and underwent echocardiography. After validation of the inclusion criteria, 30 participants were excluded due to arrhythmias or myocardial or valvular pathology. Alcohol consumption, sociodemographic and major cardiovascular risk factors were assessed by questionnaires and clinical examination in the HUNT3. General linear models were used to analyse the cross-sectional associations between alcohol intake and LV indices. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEA

SUBMITTER: Gemes K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5988097 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature