Community norms of alcohol usage and blood pressure: Tecumseh, Michigan. | Zendy

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Community norms of alcohol usage and blood pressure: Tecumseh, Michigan.

Author(s) -

Ernest Harburg,

F Ozgoren,

V M Hawthorne,

M. Anthony Schork

Publication year - 1980

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.70.8.813

Subject(s) - alcohol , blood alcohol , medicine , alcohol intake , blood pressure , population , environmental health , demography , gerontology , injury prevention , poison control , sociology , biology , biochemistry

This research examines the relationship between alcohol usage and blood pressure in the adult population of a small community in Michigan. Findings suggest that blood pressure varies with alcohol usage linearly for men with a slight dip at 1-2 drinks per week, and curvilinearly for women with a low point at about 4 drinks per week. A method to measure public norms of alcohol intake and categories of drinking habits is presented. This technique may be useful in constructing drinking categories applicable in a community for both education and therapy.

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