1–2 drinks per day affect lipoprotein composition after 3 weeks — Results from a cross-over pilot intervention trial in healthy adults using nuclear magnetic resonance-measured lipoproteins and apolipoproteins

Trine Levring Wilkens*, Zabrina Ziegler, Violetta Aru, Bekzod Khakimov, Snædís Lilja Overgaard, Søren Balling Engelsen, Lars Ove Dragsted

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Abstract

Alcohol consumption ranging from 1–2 drinks/day associates with a lower risk of coronary heart disease in some studies. The underlying mechanisms are unclear. The Metabolic Imprints of Alcoholic Beverages (MetAl) trial aimed to explore the short-term effects of moderate alcohol consumption on cardiovascular biomarkers. A 2 × 3-week cross-over single-blinded intervention
trial investigating the effect of 1–2 drinks/day (~12–24 g) compared with abstention on 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-measured main lipoproteins and subfractions was performed in 26 healthy adults. Volunteers were classified as occasional or habitual drinkers based on their habitual alcohol intakes (<2 or ≥2 drinks/week). Compared with abstention, 1–2 drinks/day increased HDL2a-C
(p = 0.004), HDL3 -C (p = 0.008), and HDL non-significantly (p = 0.19). Total apoA1 and apoA1 in HDL and its subfractions increased (p < 0.05). Novel findings were a decreased apoB/apoA1 ratio (p = 0.02), and increased HDL2a phospholipid content (p = 0.04). In women alone, the results were similar but attenuated, and LDL-P decreased. Thus, changes in apoA1- and HDL-related biomarkers occur within weeks in moderate drinkers. Compared with abstention, 1–2 drinks/day increased total apoA1 more strongly than HDL-C and increased the cholesterol, apoA1, and phospholipid content of several HDL subfractions. Whether this provides a cardiovascular benefit requires further study.Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT03384147.
Original languageEnglish
Article number5043
JournalNutrients
Volume14
Issue number23
Number of pages19
ISSN2072-6643
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Keywords

  • Faculty of Science
  • HDL
  • ApoA1
  • ApoB
  • Moderate Alcohol Consumption
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • NMR

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