Beyond HDL-cholesterol increase: phospholipid enrichment and shift from HDL3 to HDL2 in alcohol consumers

The reduction of cardiovascular mortality associated with moderate alcohol consumption is chiefly thought to be mediated by an increase of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-CH). This study highlights additional qualitative changes of HDL that might augment this antiatherogenic effect. In 279...

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Main Authors: Christian Schäfer, Alexandr Parlesak, Joachim Eckoldt, Christiane Bode, Johann Christian Bode, Winfried März, Karl Winkler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-07-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520425398