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The relationships of alcohol intake and corpulence to HDL-cholesterol were studied in 653 women taking medical advice about body weight. The body mass index (BMI) was positively correlated with triglyceride and negatively with HDL-cholesterol. The relation between BMI and HDL-cholesterol was discontinuous. Total cholesterol, triglycerides and diastolic blood pressure were increased for alcohol intakes greater than 10 g/d regardless of body weight. Alcohol intake was associated with higher concentrations of HDL-cholesterol (P = 0.006) in non obese (BMI = 25.2 +/- 1.5 kg/m2) subjects, but not in mildly (27.3 less than or equal to BMI less than 32.3) or massively (BMI greater than or equal to 32.3) obese subjects. The fact that HDL concentrations were not associated with alcohol intake in obese patients suggests that (1) alcohol acts on the HDL pool through one of the pathways which are perturbed in obesity, possibly lipolysis, (2) obesity is one of the reasons for the differences in individual responses of HDL-cholesterol to alcohol, (3) myocardial infarction might not be inversely correlated with alcohol intake in the obese as it is in the non-obese population.
Atherosclerosis 1990 Mar
PMID:Lack of association between dietary alcohol and HDL-cholesterol concentrations in obese women. 232 22

Atherosclerosis begins during childhood. From childhood, a strong relation has been shown between the prevalence and extent of the asymptomatic atherosclerosis lesions and cardiovascular risk factors such as elevation in body mass index, blood pressure and plasma lipid concentrations. These risk factors depend not only on the subjects' genetic predisposition, but also on environmental parameters, particularly diet. The Committee on Nutrition reviewed the scientific basis of dietary recommendations for children that could reduce the risk factors and thereby, reduce the risk of coronary heart disease in later life: the effects of prenatal nutrition; the beneficial consequences of breast-feeding on later levels of cholesterolemia, blood pressure and corpulence; the role of dietary lipids on plasma lipid concentration, of salt and potassium on blood pressure, and of lifestyle on corpulence.
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PMID:[Childhood diet and cardiovascular risk factors]. 1994 75

Atherosclerosis begins during childhood. A strong relationship has been shown between the prevalence and extent of asymptomatic atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk factors such as elevated body mass index, blood pressure and plasma lipid concentrations, starting in childhood. These risk factors are influenced by genetic predisposition, but also by environmental factors, and particularly diet. The Nutrition Committee of the French Pediatrics Society of Pediatrics has reviewed the scientific basis of dietary recommendations for children, in order to limit risk factors and thereby to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in later life. This review focuses on the effects of prenatal nutrition; the beneficial effects of breast-feeding on cholesterolemia, blood pressure and corpulence in later life; the impact of dietary lipids on plasma lipid concentrations; the effects of salt and potassium intake on blood pressure; and the relation between lifestyle and corpulence.
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PMID:[Childhood diet and cardiovascular risk factors]. 2229 99