however , multivariable analysis of cardiovascular disease mortality alternately excluding and including hdl cholesterol and ldl cholesterol as covariates indicated that the effect of alcohol consumption on cardiovascular disease mortality was independent of an ldl cholesterol pathway and only partially mediated by an hdl cholesterol pathway , while the effect of cigarette smoking was independent of both the hdl cholesterol and ldl cholesterol pathways , suggesting alternative biologic mechanisms of action for both alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking on cardiovascular disease .
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cardiovascular
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cardiovascular disease