The team from the University Gotherburg, Sweden, said that the benefits of "healthy" alcohol only appear if you have a particular genotype or genetic. Unfortunately, the chances of having the genotype is very small, estimated that only 15 percent of the population worldwide.
"Drinking alcohol in moderation does not have a strong protective effect. Or even to those having a particular genotype. However, the combination of these two factors will significantly reduce the risk of coronary heart disease," says Professor Lauren Lissner.
The researchers arrived at this conclusion after analyzing the genome and compare the drinking habits of the two groups of randomly-sampled. The first is 618 people with coronary heart disease, and the control group consisted of 2,921 people.
Both groups answered the questionnaire in detail what kind of alcohol like they like to drink, how often they drank and other lifestyle, and socioeconomic factors such as smoking, exercise habits, marital status and leisure activities.
