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“To throw further light on this association we have studied the association of alcohol with predictors of CVD risk including B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP).”
“These findings suggest that the effects of chronic ethanol consumption on BNP levels and/or on nNOS expression in cardiomyocytes may contribute to aggravate the cardiac remodeling and leads to progression of cardiomyopathy.”
“Chronic … ethanol consumption resulted in … lower circulating BNP levels for both SHR (206.9 +/- 18.5 vs. 306.9 +/- 28.1 pg/ml, n = 12, P < or = 0.05) and WKY rats (131.3 +/- 20.7 vs. 220.6 +/- 25.0 pg/ml, n = 12, P < or = 0.05).”