Men who drink alcohol at least three to four days per week have a reduced risk of myocardial infarction (MI), suggests a large international study.
Neither type of beverage nor proportion consumed with meals substantially alters this association, says this report from researchers in the United Sates and Australia. Moreover, men in this 12-year follow-up study who increased their alcohol consumption by a moderate amount also decreased their MI risk.
It has been widely accepted that moderate drinking protects against coronary heart disease. Until now, however, the roles played by pattern of use and type of beverage have been unclear.
These investigators, under lead author Dr Kenneth J. Mukamal from the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, examined these associations in 38,077 male health professionals, all of them free of heart disease or cancer at baseline. The study took place from 1986 to 1998.
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