Lipid profile and alcohol consumption

longitudinal study on adults’ health (ELSA-BRASIL)

Abstract

Objective: to investigate the effect of general alcohol consumption and of the type of alcoholic beverage consumed, in different lipid measurements. Method: the effect of alcohol consumption as well as that of the type of alcoholic beverage consumed were investigated, in different lipid measurements, for the participants in the Longitudinal Study on Adults’ Health for both sexes. Results: nalyses were conducted on the type and amount of alcoholic beverage consumed by sex. Low-to-moderate alcohol consumption, regardless of the type of alcoholic beverage, resulted in higher levels of HDL-cholesterol, HDL2- cholesterol and HDL3-cholesterol in males and females. No participants in the study consumed low-to-moderate amounts of spirits. Triglycerides showed inverse effects for men and women according to the lipid profile. For men, spirits contributed to a better triglyceride profile while for women it was the opposite. Men who consumed spirits showed lower triglyceride levels, and women who consumed that beverage type had higher levels. Our results are in agreement with those of previous studies. Conclusion: alcohol consumption resulted in different levels of serum lipid measurements in men and women. Thus, it is concluded that response to alcohol has biological differences.