May 2019 Br J Cardiol 2019;26:52
BJC Staff
Stat tests loaded into the VITROS XT 7600 Moderate alcohol consumption does not protect against stroke Blood pressure and stroke risk increase steadily with increasing alcohol intake, and previous claims that one to two alcoholic drinks a day might protect against stroke are not borne out by new evidence from a genetic study involving 160,000 adults. Studies of East Asian genes, where two common genetic variants strongly affect what people choose to drink, show that alcohol itself directly increases blood pressure and the chances of having a stroke, according to a new study published in The Lancet (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31772-0). Researc
July 2004 Br J Cardiol (Acute Interv Cardiol) 2004;11:AIC 53–AIC 61
Tadhg G Gleeson, John O’Dwyer, SuDi Bulugahapitiya, David P Foley
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