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Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Heart Failure in the Physicians’ Health Study I

Author(s) -

Luc Djoussé,

J. Michael Gaziano

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.661868

Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , hazard ratio , framingham heart study , incidence (geometry) , body mass index , coronary artery disease , prospective cohort study , epidemiology , framingham risk score , cardiology , confidence interval , disease , physics , optics

Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalization among the elderly, and 1 in 5 adults aged 40 years will develop HF in their lifetime. Data on the effects of moderate alcohol consumption on the risk of HF have been sparse and inconsistent. This study sought to evaluate the association between moderate alcohol consumption and incident HF.

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