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Blood Pressure and Alcohol Intake in Heart Patients
Author(s) -
Barboriak Peter N.,
Anderson Alfred J.,
Hoffmann Raymond G.,
Barboriak Joseph J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1982.tb04968.x
Subject(s) - blood pressure , medicine , alcohol consumption , alcohol , alcohol intake , diastole , coronary angiography , cardiology , prehypertension , myocardial infarction , biochemistry , chemistry
The association between alcohol consumption and blood pressure has been studied in 2025 male and 282 female patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography. The increase in amount of alcohol consumed correlated with higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure; this effect was especially pronounced in men over 50 years of age. The association was less marked in male patients under 50 years old, in women, and in patients on antihypertensive medication. Readings in the range of definitive hypertension were more prevalent among older patients consuming six or more drinks daily than in abstainers of the same age group.