Alcoholic cardiomyopathy epidemiology and demographics

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Overview

Alcoholic cardiomyopathy is more prevalent in middle aged males between the ages of 35-50. However, females may be more sensitive to cardiotoxic effects of alcohol, and may develop alcoholic cardiomyopathy with lesser amounts of alcohol use, than males.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Fernández-Solà J, Estruch R, Nicolás JM; et al. (1997). “Comparison of alcoholic cardiomyopathy in women versus men”. The American Journal of Cardiology. 80 (4): 481–5. PMID 9285662. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Urbano-Márquez A, Estruch R, Fernández-Solá J, Nicolás JM, Paré JC, Rubin E (1995). “The greater risk of alcoholic cardiomyopathy and myopathy in women compared with men”. JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association. 274 (2): 149–54. PMID 7596003. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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[pmid9285662-1] Fernández-Solà J, Estruch R, Nicolás JM; et al. (1997). “Comparison of alcoholic cardiomyopathy in women versus men”. The American Journal of Cardiology. 80 (4): 481–5. PMID 9285662. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[pmid7596003-2] Urbano-Márquez A, Estruch R, Fernández-Solá J, Nicolás JM, Paré JC, Rubin E (1995). “The greater risk of alcoholic cardiomyopathy and myopathy in women compared with men”. JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association. 274 (2): 149–54. PMID 7596003. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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