The Relation of Alcohol Consumption and Blood Cholesterol Level
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 12
Abstract
Coronary Heart Disease is usually caused by atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis can be developed because of the increase of blood cholesterol level. According to World Health Organization (WHO) in 2012 heart and vascular disease caused 17.5 million equal to 31% death around the world and 7.4 million was caused by Coronary Heart Disease. Center of health research/Riset kesehatan dasar (Riskesdas) shows in 2007 there are largest numbers of male alcohol drinkers aged 15 years old and older; 31.1% in North Sulawesi suburban area and 32.9% in countryside. General objective is to determine the relation between alcohol inkae with blood cholesterol level with specific aim to study the relation between duration and volume of daily alcohol intake with cholesterol level. This research is observational analysis with cross sectional study.The subjects are 51 male students of Faculty of Engineering of Sam Ratulangi University aged 19 – 22 year old. Normal cholesterol level is 200 mg/dL The result is there is a significant association between the duration of alcohol intake with cholesterol level (p<0.05) and there is also a significant relation between the average daily intake (p<0.05) with cholesterol level. Alcohol intake can influence blood cholesterol level.
Authors and Affiliations
Joice Nancy Ansye Engka, Hedison Polii, Sylvia Ritta Marunduh
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP479601
- DOI -
- Views 46
- Downloads 0
Retrospective Analysis of Urinary Bladder Tumours- A Study from Central India
Abstract: Urinary bladder cancer accounts for approximately 7% cancers and 3% of cancer mortality in west, while in India it is the ninth most common cancer.Malignancy of the urinary bladder contributes significantly to...
To Find Out Various Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis Registered in Cardiology OPD from 1992 To 2013
Mitral Stenosis is a sequel to Rheumatic fever which follows GAS Pharyngitis. Recurrent hospitalization for heart failure, development of atrial fibrillation, systemic embolization and cerebral embolization are associate...
Significance of Hyponatremia in Decompensated Chronic Liver Diseases
To assess the frequency of serum sodium and its correlation with the severity of chronic liver diseases. The Study Design is Prospective Study. The Place and Duration of Studyare Dr D Y Patil Hospital and Research Instit...
Clinical Study of Etiology, Risk Factors and Outcome of Stroke in Pregnancy
Abstract: Stroke is the second leading cause of death of women even in the developed countries. Stroke associated with pregnancy has been long recognized and may partly be responsible for this increased incidence. Stroke...
Anthropometric study of Femur in Krishna District of AP
Anthropometric studies have been taking place in various countries since last decade. Each worker has derived his own formula for calculating the stature from length of long bones. Since the relationship between stature...