ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL CONCENTRATION AMONG ALCOHOLICS

Wozniczak, and B. Wohlfahrt Alcohol consumption and high density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration among alcoholics. Am J Epidemiol 1985; 122:620-7. Alcohol consumption is one of the major determinants of serum high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Very few studies have examined the correlation between alcohol consumption and high density lipoprotein subclasses. It has been suggested that HDL, is probably the fraction that Is associated with reduced coronary heart disease. The current research investigated the relationship be-tween alcohol consumption and HDL, and HDLj cholesterol among 234 alcoholics who were admitted for abstinence. The results indicated that the elevated serum HDL cholesterol concentrations among alcoholics were a combination of an increase in both HDL2 and HDU cholesterol. HDL cholesterol and HDL, cholesterol increased with more alcohol consumption until about 450 ml of ethanol consump-tion per day when serum HDL cholesterol and HDL, cholesterol decreased. HDL, cholesterol showed a similar trend but was not statistically significant In addition, the serum concentrations of HDL cholesterol and subclasses were positivel