Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 17, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages S3-S7 , May 2007

Alcohol and Coronary Heart Disease: Drinking Patterns and Mediators of Effect

  • Eric B. Rimm, ScD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Eric B. Rimm, ScD, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02215; Tel.: (617) 432-1843.
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  • Caroline Moats, MS

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    The inverse association between alcohol consumption and risk of CHD in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (A) and the Nurses' Health Study (B). The β-coefficient (also called the regression coef

    The inverse association between alcohol consumption and risk of CHD in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (A) and the Nurses' Health Study (B). The β-coefficient (also called the regression coefficient) is the natural log of the odds ratio in frequency of consumption per week. The basic model controls for age, smoking, and date of blood sample return (39).

PII: S1047-2797(07)00004-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.01.002

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 17, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages S3-S7 , May 2007

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