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BLOOD PRESSURE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO LOW LEVELS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
Author(s) -
Cooke Kenneth M.,
Frost Gavin W.,
Stokes Gordon S.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
clinical and experimental pharmacology and physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1440-1681
pISSN - 0305-1870
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1983.tb00188.x
Subject(s) - alcohol consumption , alcohol , blood pressure , consumption (sociology) , blood alcohol , medicine , alcohol intake , association (psychology) , environmental health , psychology , chemistry , injury prevention , poison control , biochemistry , social science , sociology , psychotherapist
SUMMARY 1. The association between average weekly alcohol consumption and blood pressure was studied in relation to age, adiposity and smoking in 13 535 men and 7385 women. 2. There was a progressive increase in blood pressure with increasing alcohol consumption, even at low levels of consumption.