Register Thomas C, Cline J Mark, Shively Carol A
Department of Pathology, Section on Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Alcohol Res Health. 2002;26(4):299-307.
Alcohol use may impact the health and well-being of postmenopausal women through the direct interaction of alcohol with organ systems when alcohol is ingested, transported through the blood, and processed for removal, and by indirect means through the modification of blood concentrations of sex hormones. Circulating hormones are known to affect risk for coronary heart disease, osteoporosis, and breast cancer, which are major causes of significant illness and death in postmenopausal women. The effects of alcohol consumption on these three diseases in postmenopausal women are reviewed, along with limitations in interpreting results of studies of alcohol's effects on postmenopausal women's health.
饮酒可能会影响绝经后女性的健康和福祉。饮酒时,酒精会与器官系统直接相互作用,经血液运输并进行代谢清除;同时,酒精还会通过改变性激素的血液浓度产生间接影响。已知循环激素会影响冠心病、骨质疏松症和乳腺癌的发病风险,而这些疾病是绝经后女性重大疾病和死亡的主要原因。本文综述了饮酒对绝经后女性这三种疾病的影响,以及在解读酒精对绝经后女性健康影响的研究结果时存在的局限性。