Alcoholism concentrated on the weekend doubled the risk of dying of a heart attack compared to consumption divided, according to a comparative study in France and Northern Ireland, hanged by the British Medical Journal (BMJ). team Ruidavets Jean-Bernard (University of Toulouse) sought to determine whether alcohol consumption patterns very different in France and Northern Ireland could be linked to the differences in coronary mortality rates observed in these two countries.
rates of acute coronary insufficiency (myocardial infarction and coronary death) is two times higher in Belfast than in France.
The researchers followed for ten years to about one thousand men in three French cities (Lille, Strasbourg, Toulouse) and Belfast, between 50 and 59 years and free of heart diseases to launch the study in 1991.
found that the weekly volume of alcohol consumed by regular drinkers was virtually identical in Belfast and France. In contrast, the "modes of consumption were radically different in the two countries: in Belfast, alcohol consumption was more focused on a weekend day (Saturday) when the three French centers, consumption was dispersed on a more regular throughout the week. "
The prevalence of binge drinking, defined in the study such as excessive alcohol (ie, four or five glasses of wine) on one occasion, I was so nearly 20 times higher in Belfast than in France (9.4% of men in Belfast from 0.5% in France).
In parallel, the annual incidence of coronary deaths nearly doubled in Belfast (5.63 to 1,000) for France (2.78).
"We took into account traditional risk factors explain part of the variability of 1 to 2 between France and Northern Ireland, and introduced the mode of consumption, then consumption of wine," he told AFP one of the investigators, Jean Ferrières (Toulouse University).
"symmetrically, is the fact consume one or two times large amounts of alcohol, which results in coronary mortality, and the fact that regularly consume wine, which is protective for the heart, "he said. In Belfast, the men drank mostly beer (75, 5%), followed by spirits (61.3%), the wine being consumed little (27.4%).
A change in France, wine consumption predominated (91.8%). "wine consumption behavior reflects different life for beer and is associated with cardiovascular protective factors, such as food, "said Ferrières.
In an editorial published in the BMJ, Annie Britton (University College London) warns against the harmful effects of alcohol on other diseases.
"Remember, all heavy drinkers, regardless of their mode of consumption, that increase your risk of many diseases, including liver cirrhosis, chronic pancreatitis and several types of cancer," he said.
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