Alcohol Consumption and Coronary Artery Calcium in Middle-Aged Japanese Men

Tomonori Okamura; Takashi Kadowaki; Akira Sekikawa; Kiyoshi Murata; Naomi Miyamatsu; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Aiman El-Saed; Atsunori Kashiwagi; Hiroshi Maegawa; Yoshihiko Nishio; Tomoko Takamiya; Hideyuki Kanda; Kenichi Mitsunami; Yoshikuni Kita; Daniel Edmundowicz; Shinji Tamaki; Yasuyuki Tsujita; Lewis H. Kuller; Hirotsugu Ueshima

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.01.095

Alcohol Consumption and Coronary Artery Calcium in Middle-Aged Japanese Men

Tomonori Okamura, Takashi Kadowaki, Akira Sekikawa, Kiyoshi Murata, Naomi Miyamatsu, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Aiman El-Saed, Atsunori Kashiwagi, Hiroshi Maegawa, Yoshihiko Nishio, Tomoko Takamiya, Hideyuki Kanda, Kenichi Mitsunami, Yoshikuni Kita, Daniel Edmundowicz, Shinji Tamaki, Yasuyuki Tsujita, Lewis H. Kuller, Hirotsugu Ueshima

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Epidemiologic studies have investigated the relation between alcohol intake and coronary calcification, with controversial results. Furthermore, the influence of heavy drinking has not been well elucidated. In the present study, a random sample of community-based Japanese men aged 40 to 49 years without a history of cardiovascular disease (n = 245) were examined for coronary artery calcium (CAC) determined by electron-beam computed tomography and drinking status. There was a J-shaped association between alcohol intake and CAC. There was an increase of CAC in heavy drinkers (≥46 g/day), and participants who were drinking ≥69 g/day showed a significant increase in CAC compared with never drinkers after adjusting for other cardiovascular risk factors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	141-144
Number of pages	4
Journal	American Journal of Cardiology
Volume	98
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.01.095
Publication status	Published - 2006 Jul 15
Externally published	Yes

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Okamura, T., Kadowaki, T., Sekikawa, A., Murata, K., Miyamatsu, N., Nakamura, Y., El-Saed, A., Kashiwagi, A., Maegawa, H., Nishio, Y., Takamiya, T., Kanda, H., Mitsunami, K., Kita, Y., Edmundowicz, D., Tamaki, S., Tsujita, Y., Kuller, L. H., & Ueshima, H. (2006). Alcohol Consumption and Coronary Artery Calcium in Middle-Aged Japanese Men. American Journal of Cardiology, 98(2), 141-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.01.095

Okamura, T, Kadowaki, T, Sekikawa, A, Murata, K, Miyamatsu, N, Nakamura, Y, El-Saed, A, Kashiwagi, A, Maegawa, H, Nishio, Y, Takamiya, T, Kanda, H, Mitsunami, K, Kita, Y, Edmundowicz, D, Tamaki, S, Tsujita, Y, Kuller, LH & Ueshima, H 2006, 'Alcohol Consumption and Coronary Artery Calcium in Middle-Aged Japanese Men', American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 98, no. 2, pp. 141-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.01.095

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