Moderate alcohol consumption and platelet aggregation in healthy middle-aged men
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Changes in platelet aggregation have often been proposed as an explanation for the protective effect of moderate alcohol consumption on the development of coronary heart disease, observed in epidemiological studies. To test the tenability of this assumption, the acute effect of moderate alcohol consumption on platelet aggregation was studied in eight healthy middle-aged men in a controlled study. The intake of alcohol consisted of two glasses of red wine at dinner and two glasses of distilled liquor (Hollands gin), combined with a snack, before bedtime. No acute effects of moderate alcohol consumption on platelet aggregation were observed.
TNO Identifier
78697
ISSN
07418329
Source
Alcohol, 7(6), pp. 547-549.
Pages
547-549
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