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Volume 333:1081-1082 October 19, 1995 Number 16
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Alcohol Consumption and Mortality among Women

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by Fuchs, C. S.
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To the Editor: The article by Fuchs et al. (May 11 issue)1 on the relation between alcohol consumption and mortality among women should set women's minds at ease, especially women at risk for coronary heart disease who drink. It appears that such women profit most from a beneficial effect of alcohol, which is already known for men. Consumption of alcohol by men is cardioprotective in large part because of an increase in serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels,2 whereas cigarette smoking has a deleterious effect on serum HDL levels.3

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