@entity167 intake as a risk factor for XXXX in the general population in the Edinburgh Artery Study.

@entity167 @entity1 @entity3657
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between @entity167 consumption and occurrence of @entity3657 in the general population. During 1988 in a cross sectional survey, the Edinburgh Artery Study, 1,592 @entity1 and @entity1 aged 55-74 years were selected at random from the age-sex registers of ten general practices distributed geographically and socio-economically across the city. @entity1 were asked to recall the number of units of wine, beer and spirits consumed in the previous week and whether or not this was typical. @entity3657 was measured using the ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI). @entity1 and @entity1 were analysed separately because of large differences in @entity167 consumption. There was no association between ABPI and @entity167 consumption in @entity1 but, in @entity1 , increasing @entity167 consumption was associated with a higher ABPI (test for trend, p = 0.03) indicating less severe disease. This relationship was linear rather than U-shaped. In multiple regression analysis, after age-adjustment the ABPI was related to wine consumption but not beer or spirits in @entity1 (p < or = 0.01). On adjusting for age and cumulative lifetime cigarette smoking, the association of wine consumption with the ABPI was diminished but remained statistically significant (p < 0.05). On adjusting for age and social class, the relationship of total @entity167 intake and wine consumption with the ABPI became non significant (p > 0.05). We conclude that in males, greater @entity167 consumption is related to a higher ABPI and that any protective 'effect' of @entity167 relates to wine consumption rather than beer or spirits.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
