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【medical-news】喝酒可降低患风湿性关节炎的风险
HealthDay
Thursday, June 5, 2008
THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- People who drink alcohol regularly may cut their risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, a new study finds.
Alcohol has been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, and now this new study shows drinking may also reduce the risk of rheumatoid arthritis by up to 50 percent. This finding underscores the importance of lifestyle factors in the development of rheumatoid arthritis, the study authors said.
"Moderate alcohol consumption is not deleterious and may in some contexts be beneficial concerning risk for future onset of rheumatoid arthritis," said lead researcher Henrik Kallberg, of the Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
"In addition, our paper underlines that smoking may trigger development of rheumatoid arthritis," Kallberg added.
The report was published in the June 4 online edition of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
For the research, Kallberg's team collected data on 2,750 men and women who took part in two studies of rheumatoid arthritis. Among these people, 1,650 had rheumatoid arthritis.
All the people in the study were asked about their lifestyles, including how much they smoked and drank. In addition, their blood was analyzed to check for genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis.
The researchers found that both men and women who drank regularly were less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis. In fact, those who drank the most cut their risk for developing the disease by 50 percent, compared with those who drank the least.
"Drinking more than three drinks per week is associated with a 50 percent decrease for developing rheumatoid arthritis," Kallberg said.
Moreover, in people with antibodies to a group of proteins involved in the development of rheumatoid arthritis, drinking alcohol also cut the risk of developing the disease. And in most smokers who had genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis, drinking also reduced the risk of the disease. Smoking is a major risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis, and that risk is increased for those with a genetic susceptibility to disease, the researchers noted.
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system uses its own antibodies to attack joints, causing pain and swelling and loss of function in joints. The causes of the disease aren't known, but researchers suspect there is a strong genetic component as well as lifestyle risks.
Dr. John Hardin, the chief science officer for the Arthritis Foundation, said he wasn't surprised by the finding that alcohol could help prevent rheumatoid arthritis.
"This study brings attention to the fact that there are environmental factors that trigger rheumatoid arthritis," he said.
There are a variety of environmental factors that can either promote the disease or help prevent it, Hardin said. "What this means to me is that things that cause an inflammatory state in the body are a hazard requiring rheumatoid arthritis," he said.
"We know that smoking is one of the things associated with a systemic inflammatory response," Hardin said. "We also know that alcohol is a mild anti-inflammatory."
Hardin was cautious, however, about recommending drinking to stave off rheumatoid arthritis. "This study should not be construed as a license to go drink, because there are serious hazards associated with excess alcohol intake," he said. 以患风湿性关节炎的病人喝酒有益吗?每天喝多少为好呀??? 本人认领了,48小时未提交,其他站友可继续认领 Drinking Cuts Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk
饮酒降低风湿性关节炎风险
HealthDay
健康时代
Thursday, June 5, 2008
2008.6.5星期二
THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- People who drink alcohol regularly may cut their risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, a new study finds.
2008.6.5星期二(健康时代新闻)一项新的研究发现经常喝酒的人能够降低风湿性关节炎的发生率
Alcohol has been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, and now this new study shows drinking may also reduce the risk of rheumatoid arthritis by up to 50 percent. This finding underscores the importance of lifestyle factors in the development of rheumatoid arthritis, the study authors said.
酒精已被证明可以降低心血管疾病的发病率,现在这项新研究显示饮酒也可以降低风湿性关节炎到50%。这个发现强调了生活方式在风湿性关节炎发病中的重要性,研究者说。
"Moderate alcohol consumption is not deleterious and may in some contexts be beneficial concerning risk for future onset of rheumatoid arthritis," said lead researcher Henrik Kallberg, of the Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
“中等量的酒精摄入不是有害的,而且从某种程度上说对担心将来发生风湿性关节炎大人来说是有益的,”位于斯德哥尔摩的the Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institute的研究负责人Henrik Kallberg说。
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