Effect of alcohol on serum lipids in diabetics.

This report emanated from a three-year study conducted at the Diabetic Outpatient Clinics convened at the Port-of-Spain and Sangre-Grande Hospitals in Trinidad. The diabetic population which participated consisted of 132 men and 245 women of African descent; and 99 men and 163 women of East Indian origin. The mean age was 50 years (+/- 13). The effect of alcohol on lipid fractions varied in the two races. A lower incidence of ischaemic heart disease was observed among the alcohol consumers when compared to those who abstained.