Short-term abstinence from alcohol and changes in cardiovascular risk factors, liver function tests and cancer-related growth factors: a prospective observational study.

Abstinence was a highly significant predictor of improvement in these biological variables (all p<0.01).

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However, changes in total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol attained borderline significance between groups when compared by change in diet in the abstinence group (see online supplementary table 1 ; p=0.01 and p=0.02, respectively).

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