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.
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Joice Nancy Ansye Engka, Hedison Polii, Sylvia Ritta Marunduh
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