Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by WEISSFELD, J. L.
Right arrow Articles by HAWTHORNE, V. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by WEISSFELD, J. L.
Right arrow Articles by HAWTHORNE, V. M.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 128, No. 3: 559-569
Copyright © 1988 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

research-article

SEX AND AGE INTERACTIONS IN THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ALCOHOL AND BLOOD PRESSURE

JOEL L. WEISSFELD1,, ERNEST H. JOHNSON1, BRUCE M. BROCK2 and VICTOR M. HAWTHORNE3

1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
2 Information Transfer Systems, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI
3Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

Reprint requests to Dr. Joel L. Weissfeld, Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 2215 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

The cross-sectional association between alcohol intake and blood pressure was examined in a probability sample of Michigan adults surveyed in 1983. Despite adjustments for race, sex, age, Quetelet index, and current treatment with antihypertensive medications, heavier alcohol intakes (more than one drink daily) were associated with increased systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and prevalence of elevated blood pressure. These associations were somewhat exaggerated in women and in younger persons. Statistically significant differences in blood pressure were demonstrated only among consumers of more than one drink daily. Attributable risk calculations indicated that no more than 8.4 and 8.5% of instances of elevated blood pressure (systolic pressure ≥140 mmHg or diastolic pressure ≥90 mmHg) in men and women, respectively, could be attributed to alcohol intakes exceeding one drink daily.

alcohol drinking; blood pressure; hypertension


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Integr. Comp. Biol.Home page
F. Sanchez, C. Korine, B. Pinshow, and R. Dudley
The Possible Roles of Ethanol in the Relationship Between Plants and Frugivores: First Experiments with Egyptian Fruit Bats
Integr. Comp. Biol., August 1, 2004; 44(4): 290 - 294.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 HypertensionHome page
F. D. Fuchs, L. E. Chambless, P. K. Whelton, F. J. Nieto, and G. Heiss
Alcohol Consumption and the Incidence of Hypertension : The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Hypertension, May 1, 2001; 37(5): 1242 - 1250.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 HypertensionHome page
M. W. Gillman, N. R. Cook, D. A. Evans, B. Rosner, and C. H. Hennekens
Relationship of Alcohol Intake With Blood Pressure in Young Adults
Hypertension, May 1, 1995; 25(5): 1106 - 1110.
[Abstract] [Full Text]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.