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Risk for Hypertension in Female Members of Multigenerational Male‐Limited Alcoholic Families
Author(s) -
Miller Sydney B.,
Finn Peter R.,
Ditto Blaine,
Pihl Robert O.
Publication year - 1989
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.1530-0277.1989.tb00367.x
Subject(s) - disease , risk factor , incidence (geometry) , medicine , psychology , optics , physics
Cardiovascular hyperreactivity to psychological stress has been implicated as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Recent reports have suggested that male off spring of multigenerational male‐limited alcoholic families display cardiovascular hyperreactivity to stress. Data concerning cardiovascular disease in 371 individuals from multigenerational male‐limited alcoholic families and other family types of differing risk for alcoholism were subjected to χ 2 analyses. Results indicated a significantly greater incidence of hypertension in female members of multigenerational male‐limited alcoholic families as compared to the other family types.