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. 2023 Apr 16;15(8):1921. doi: 10.3390/nu15081921

Table 7.

Effects of red wine consumption on lipid profile and homocysteine levels.

Ref. Year Author Cholesterol Efflux RCTP CM Lipoprotein(a) TG TC LDL HDL-C LDL/HDL F2-Isoprostanes Lipid Peroxidation HCY Type of Study Type of Wine Subjects Patients Age Range Total Number of Participants Wine Consumption Duration
(Days)
Control Dosage (mL/Day) Funding
[11] 2000 Caccetta RA = = RCT RW M H 40–63 12 Acute PSRW, DRW or W 5/kg BW The National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Medical Research Foundation of Royal Perth Hospital
[12] 2000 Senault C ↓ * = ↑ * = ↑ / ↓ § RCT CO RW M H 18–35 56 14 DRW, ET 30 g of ET ONIVINS and INSERM, Paris, France.
[13] 2001 Caccetta R = = = = = / ↓ § RCT RW M H, smokers 25–71 18 14 WW, DRW 375 Australian Grape Wine Research and Development Corporation and the Medical Research Foundation of Royal Perth Hospital.
[16] 2001 van der Gaag MS = = = = RCT CO RW M + F H 44–59 11 21 Wine, beer,
spirits, W
Four glasses (40 g ET) Not declared
[24] 2004 Naissides M = § ↑ / = § RCT CO RW F Dyslipidaemia postmenopausal 50–70 17 Acute (3 times in 2 weeks) DRW, W 400 National Heart Foundation of Australia
[27] 2005 Coimbra SR = = = = RCT RW M + F Hypercholesterolaemia 40–60 16 14 (×2) Purple grape juice 250 FAPESP and Fundação Zerbini.
[28] 2005 Avellone G = = = = RCT CO RW M + F H 35–65 48 4 + 4 weeks Usual wine intake 250 Sicilian Agricultural Development Bureau
[30] 2005 Hansen AS RCT RW M + F H 38–74 69 28 W + red grape extract, W + placebo M: 300 mL/day, 38.3 g ET/day, F: 200 mL/day, 25.5 g ET/day Not declared
[34] 2005 Tsang C = = ↓ * ↑ * RCT RW M + F H 23–50 20 14 W 375 Not declared
[35] 2005 Ziegler S = RCT RW M + F H 22–32 60 Acute 2 RW, 1 WW 300 Jubiläumsfonds der Österreichischen National bank
[37] 2006 Banini AE = = = = RCT RW M + F T2DM, H 45–75 29 28 MJ, MW, or Dz-W 150 North Carolina Agricultural Research Service of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
[39] 2006 Blackhurst DM = RCT RW M + F H 25–45 15 Acute W M: 230/F: 160 Winetech (Wine Industry Network of Expertise and Technology), Stellenbosch, South Africa
[47] 2007 Gorelik ↓ ° RCT CO RW Not declared H 25–35 10 Acute # 200 BARD, The United States-Israel Agricultural Research and Development Fund.
[56] 2008 Gibson A RCT CO RW M H 21–70 78 14 Vodka 240 mL RW or 80 mL
vodka (24 g ET)
The Pantridge Foundation; National Institutes of Health
[59] 2009 Estruch = = = RCT CO RW M H 30–50 40 28 Gin 30 g ET Institutional
[63] 2011 Kechagias = = = RCT CO RW M + F H 25–45 52 3 months W W: 150 (16 g ET) M: 300 ML (33 g ET) Institutional
[67] 2012 Chiva-Blanch ↓ / ↑ § = = ↓ ^ ↑ ^ RCT CO RW, DRW M High CVD risk 55–75 67 28 DRW, gin 30 g ET Institutional
[74] 2013 Droste = = = = = RCT RW M + F Carotid atherosclerosis 55–75 56/52 20 weeks Med diet, no alcohol F 100; M 200 Centre de Recherche Public-Santé
[86] 2016 Mori = = = RCT CO RW vs. DRW vs. W M + F T2DM 49–66 24 28 RW vs. DRW vs. water W: 230 (~24 g ET); M: RW 300 (~31 g ET) Australian Health Management Group Medical Research Fund
[88] 2016 Chiu = = ↓ ç = RCT RW M + F H, Hypercholesterolaemic ? 21 10 weeks RO extract 250 Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation (TTL)
[91] 2017 Taborsky = = ↓ [ = RCT multi-centre RW vs. WW M + F H 30–60 74/72 1 year WW 200–300 Vino e Cuore, Ltd.
[98] 2022 Briansó-Llort L ↓ $ = = RCT CO RW M + F H 30–50 26 28 RW 187 Instituto de Salud Carlos III
[100] 2002 Choleva M = = = = RCT RW M + F CAD 50–75 64 2 months ET, W 200 Graduate Program of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University and the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society.

↑, increased; =, no effect; ↓, reduced. BW, body weight; CM, chylomicrons; CO, crossover; DRW, de-alcoholised red wine; Dz-W, de-alcoholised muscadine grape wine; ET, ethanol; F, female; H, healthy; HCY, homocysteine; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; M, male; PSRW, polyphenol-stripped red wine; RCT, randomised controlled trial; RCTP, reverse cholesterol transport pathway; RO, red onion; RW, red wine; TG, triglycerides; W, water; WW, white wine; RTCP, the process by which cholesterol via HDL is directed from the peripheral tissues to the liver for subsequent excretion in the bile; lipoprotein (a), a type of lipoprotein that is responsible for transporting cholesterol in the blood and is considered a CVD risk factor that does not respond to standard LDL-lowering therapy; *, modest; §, DRW; °, inhibition of cytotoxic lipid peroxidation products (MDA); ^, only RW (not DRW); ç, results indicated that RO extract consumption rendered better cardioprotective effect than RW by altering cholesterol, improving antioxidation, and suppressing inflammatory marker levels, thereby, attenuating cardiovascular disease incidence; [, no difference compared with WW; #, A: 250 g turkey cutlets; W, B: soaked in RW after heating plus 200 mL of RW; C, soaked in RW prior to heating plus 200 mL of RW; $: only high resveratrol RW; ?, age was not provided.