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TNO Voeding Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author), Lambert, J. (author), Agostoni, C. (author), Elmadfa, I. (author), Hulshof, K. (author), Krause, E. (author), Livingstone, B. (author), Socha, P. (author), Pannemans, D. (author), Samartín, S. (author)The objective of this project was to collect and evaluate data on nutrient intake and status across Europe and to ascertain whether any trends could be identified. Surveys of dietary intake and status were collected from across Europe by literature search and personal contact with country experts. Surveys that satisfied a defined set of criteria...article 2004
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TNO Voeding Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author), Markus, C.R. (author), Sierksma, A. (author), Verbeek, C. (author), van Rooijen, J.J.M. (author), Patel, H.J. (author), Brand, A.N. (author), Hendriks, H.F.J. (author)Brain serotonin (5-HT) synthesis is controlled by nutrients that influence the availability of plasma tryptophan (Trp) as compared with the sum of the other large neutral amino acids (LNAA; Trp:LNAA). Alcohol consumption is found to change mood and performance and this might well be due to alterations in the plasma Trp:LNAA ratio and brain 5-HT....article 2004
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TNO Voeding Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author), Beulens, J.W.J. (author), Sierksma, A. (author), van Tol, A. (author), Fournier, N. (author), van Gent, T. (author), Paul, J.L. (author), Hendriks, H.F.J. (author)Moderate alcohol consumption increases HDL cholesterol, which is involved in reverse cholesterol transport (RCT). The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of moderate alcohol consumption on cholesterol efflux, using J774 mouse macrophages and Fu5AH cells, and on other parameters in the RCT pathway. Twenty-three healthy men (45-65...article 2004
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Hulshof, K.F.A.M. (author), Brussaard, J.H. (author), Kruizinga, A.G. (author), Telman, J. (author), Löwik, M.R.H. (author), TNO Voeding (author)Objective: To study differences in dietary intake between adults with different socioeconomic status (SES) and trends over time. Design: Cross-sectional study based on data of three Dutch National Food Consumption Surveys (DNFCS-1 1987/88; DNFCS-2 1992; DNFCS-3 1997/98), obtained from a panel by a stratified probability sample of the non...article 2003
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van Engeland, M. (author), Weijenberg, M.P. (author), Roemen, G.M.J.M. (author), Brink, M. (author), de Bruïne, A.P. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Baylin, S.B. (author), de Goeij, A.F.P.M. (author), Herman, J.G. (author)Sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC) is characterized by genetic and epigenetic changes such as regional DNA hypermethylation and global DNA hypomethylation. Epidemiological and animal studies suggest that aherrant DNA methylation is associated with low dietary folate intake, which is aggravated by high alcohol intake. The relationship between...article 2003
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Sierksma, A. (author), van der Gaag, M.S. (author), Grobbee, D.E. (author), Hendriks, H.F.J. (author)1. The present study investigated the acute and chronic effect of dinner with alcoholic beverages on serum nitric oxide (NO) metabolites, namely nitrate and nitrite (NOx), in 11 healthy, non-smoking middle-aged men. 2. In a randomized, diet-controlled, cross-over trial, subjects consumed dinner with four glasses of red wine, beer, spirits (Dutch...article 2003
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Schuurman, A.G. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), Brants, H.A.M. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Objectives: The roles of retinol, vitamins C and E, and carotenoids as risk factors for prostate carcinoma are still questionable. We evaluated these in the Netherlands Cohort Study. Methods: The cohort study consisted of 58,279 men ages 55-69 years at baseline in 1986. After 6.3 years of follow-up, 642 incident prostate carcinoma cases were...article 2002
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Sierksma, A. (author), van der Gaag, M.S. (author), Kluft, C. (author), Hendriks, H.F.J. (author), TNO Voeding (author)Objective: To evaluate the effect of moderate alcohol consumption on the acute phase proteins C-reactive protein and fibrinogen. Design: Randomized, diet-controlled, cross-over study. Setting: The study was performed at TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Zeist, The Netherlands. Subjects: Ten middle-aged men and 10 postmenopausal women, all...article 2002
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Sierksma, A. (author), van der Gaag, M.S. (author), van Tol, A. (author), James, R.W. (author), Hendriks, H.F.J. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Background: The inverse association between moderate drinking and coronary heart disease mortality is well established. This study was performed to investigate the kinetics of the alcohol-induced increases in apo A-1, HDL cholesterol, and paraoxonase (PON) activity, as well as to study whether the alcohol-induced increases in PON activity differ...article 2002
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Hendriks, H.F.J. (author), van Haaren, M.R.T. (author), Leenen, R. (author), Schaafsma, G. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Background: Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a reduced coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. Epidemiologic studies have provided conflicting data which suggests that CHD protection may be modulated or may not be modulated by a person's CHD risk profile. Methods: We examined the effects of moderate alcohol consumption (35 g/day) on...article 2001
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van Tol, A. (author), Hendriks, H.F.J. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Light to moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, as well as ischaemic stroke and possibly type 2 diabetes. Epidemiological and physiological data are in favour of a causal relationship. Proposed protective mechanisms include the stimulation of HDL-mediated processes such as reverse cholesterol...article 2001
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Zeegers, M.P.A. (author), Volovics, A. (author), Dorant, E. (author), Goldbohm, A. (author), van den Brandt, P.A. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Although several epidemiologic studies have been conducted on alcohol consumption and bladder cancer risk, the risk according to quantity and type of alcohol consumed is not clear. The authors investigated these associations in a large prospective cohort study on diet and cancer among 120,852 subjects in the Netherlands aged 55-69 years at...article 2001
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Sierksma, A. (author), van der Gaag, M.S. (author), Kluft, C. (author), Hendriks, H.F.J. (author), TNO Voeding (author)In a diet-controlled, crossover trial with 10 middle-aged men and 9 postmenopausal women, baseline concentrations of fibrinogen influenced the magnitude of decrease of fibrinogen after moderate alcohol consumption. The mechanism of reduction is specific for fibrinogen and unrelated to a reduction in C-reactive protein.conference paper 2001
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Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO TNO Voeding (author), van der Gaag, M.S. (author), van Tol, A. (author), Vermunt, S.H.F. (author), Scheek, L.M. (author), Schaafsma, G. (author), Hendriks, H.F.J. (author)Alcohol consumption is associated with increased HDL cholesterol levels, which may indicate stimulated reverse cholesterol transport. The mechanism is, however, not known. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of alcohol consumption on the first two steps of the reverse cholesterol pathway: cellular cholesterol efflux and plasma...article 2001
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Löwik, M.R.H. (author), Hulshof, K.F.A.M. (author), Brussaard, J.H. (author), Kistemaker, C. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Food chemical risk management needs, among other things, assessment of exposure. For dietary intake food consumption surveys are the data source to be used. One complicating factor in the usage of these data is the dependence of dietary intake estimates on the time frame of assessment. Central to this time dependence is the within-subject...article 1999
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van der Gaag, M.S. (author), van Tol, A. (author), Scheek, L.M. (author), James, R.W. (author), Urgert, R. (author), Schaafsma, G. (author), Hendriks, H.F.J. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease. Part of this inverse association may be explained by its effects on HDL. Paraoxonase, an HDL-associated enzyme, has been suggested to protect against LDL oxidation. We examined the effects of moderate consumption of red wine, beer and spirits in comparison...article 1999
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van Tol, A. (author), van der Gaag, M.S. (author), Scheek, L.M. (author), van Gent, T. (author), Hendriks, H.F.J. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)We measured the effects of consumption of moderate amounts of beer, wine or spirits with evening dinner on plasma LDL and HDL levels as well as composition in 11 healthy middle-aged men. Forty grams of alcohol were consumed daily with dinner for a period of 3 weeks. Mineral water was used as a negative control. Dinner was served at 6 pm and...article 1998
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Hendriks, H.F.J. (author), Veenstra, J. (author), van Tol, A. (author), Groener, J.E.M. (author), Schaafsma, G. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease. In this study, postprandial changes in plasma lipids, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) composition and cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) and lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity levels were investigated in response to moderate alcohol...article 1998
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Reijneveld, S.A. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Objective - Difference in health, lifestyles, and use of health care between groups of varying ethnic origin can have important implications for preventive and curative health care. This paper studies whether socioeconomic factors explain ethnic differences in these outcomes. Design - Data on health status, lifestyles, and use of health care...article 1998
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Hendriks, H.F.J. (author), van der Gaag, M.S. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Despite the solid evidence for thrombosis playing a key role in coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality, identifying specific haemostatic risk factors for CHD has been difficult except for fibrinogen. Excessive alcohol consumption clearly affects platelet function. Moderate alcohol consumption may affect several haemostatic factors, including...article 1998