Alcohol and Blood Pressure in a Working Population

Arkwright, Peter D.; Beilin, Lawrence J.; Rouse, I.L.; Armstrong, B. K.; Vandongen, R.

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1681.1981.tb00747.x

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“…This J shaped curve has been reported by several groups where the sample size of the population was large enough to detect it [10,17,18,19]. Some smaller studies from Australia and Tasmania could only show a linear relationship [9,13,14]. There are several possible explanations for the slightly higher blood pressure levels in tee-totallers; possibly some heavy drinkers denied their alcohol consumption completely or they had given up drinking at the time of the epidemiological survey due to intercurrent illness.…”

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confidence: 53%

“…In 1977 a major analysis was reported from a survey of nearly 84,000 people in the Kaiser Permanente Health Examination Programme [ 10]. This is the largest epidemiological study to show a relationship between alcohol consumption and blood pressure and has since been confirmed by many other studies [11][12][13][14][15]. Klatsky et al [10] demonstrated that both systolic and diastolic pressure were related to alcohol consumption and the effect was independent of differences in age, sex, ethnic group, body mass index, cigarette consumption, salt preference [16], coffee intake or social class.…”

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confidence: 92%

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Alcohol and Hypertension

Potter

Bannan

Beevers

1984

British Journal of Addiction

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Summary Although a link between excessive alcohol consumption and hypertension was first suggested early this century, little attention was paid to this and it is only in the last decade that the association has become established. Support for the concept of alcohol as a cause of hypertension derives from (1) the demonstration in general population samples that blood pressure is significantly correlated with alcohol intake, (2) the high prevalence of hypertension in alcohol–dependent subjects which is reversible on abstinence, (3) the high frequency with which elevated MCV, serum transaminase and serum γGT levels are found in hypertensive patients and (4) the recent finding that alcohol has a direct pressor effect in such patients. There are probably at least two different mechanisms underlying alcohol–induced hypertension. In alcohol–dependent patients, hypertension is particularly common during withdrawal from alcohol and this may reflect stimulation of corticosteroid, catecholamine and vasopressin production. The direct pressor effect may be due to alcohol induced arteriolar vasoconstriction. Alcohol–induced hypertension is a common clinical problem. More emphasis should be placed on its detection, for with reduction or cessation of alcohol consumption, blood pressure will return to normal in many patients and antihypertensive drug therapy can thus be avoided.

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Section: The J Shaped Curvesupporting

confidence: 53%

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confidence: 92%

Alcohol and Hypertension

Potter

Bannan

Beevers

1984

British Journal of Addiction

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“…Considerable research has suggested a relationship between alcohol intake and blood pressure levels, within both employed populations (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) and community samples (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15). Most of this work has shown that this relationship exists independently of other risk factors such as obesity, smoking, and age, although one recent study, a health survey of Canada, (16), did not obtain this finding.…”

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A longitudinal investigation of the relationships among alcohol consumption, psychosocial factors, and blood pressure.

DeFrank¹,

Jenkins²,

Rose³

1987

Psychosomatic Medicine

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Although a number of studies have demonstrated a link between alcohol intake and blood pressure, virtually no research has examined this relationship or the relevance of psychosocial variables in this context over time. This study utilized data from 416 subjects in the Air Traffic Controller Health Change Study to track these associations across five examinations over a 3-year period. Following obesity, alcohol consumption was consistently the second-best predictor of blood pressure. Alcohol intake rose among those subjects who developed sustained elevated blood pressure during the course of the study. Further, obesity became less important in predicting blood pressure at higher levels of alcohol intake. Factors predictive of alcohol use were also studied, and the suggestion is made that psychosocial variables may be linked primarily to alcohol use, which in turn combines with obesity to influence blood pressure levels.

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“…Um outro fator que poderia ter alguma relevância para explicar as variações de pressão é a ingestão freqüente de bebida alcoólica, cuja conexão com níveis mais elevados de pressão já foi apontada 2,23 , inclusive em Volta Redonda 15 . Já que a maioria das variações significativas ocorreu na pressão diastólica, poderia ser lembrado ainda o papel desempenhado pela obesidade 3,12,23 .…”

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