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Relationship of Alcohol Intake With Blood Pressure in Young Adults
From the Division of Preventive Medicine (M.W.G., N.R.C., C.H.H.) and the Channing Laboratory (D.A.E., B.R.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Medical School (M.W.G., N.R.C., C.H.H.), Boston, Mass; and the East Boston (Mass) Neighborhood Health Center (M.W.G., D.A.E., C.H.H.).
Abstract The objective of this study was to examine the
relationship of usual current alcohol intake with systolic and
diastolic pressures among young adults. Participants were 316 men and
women, aged 18 to 26 years, from East Boston, Mass. At each of three
weekly visits we obtained three blood pressure measurements on each
subject using a random-zero sphygmomanometer. Using an
interviewer-administered questionnaire, we obtained information about
quantity and frequency of alcohol intake during the previous month. The
lowest systolic pressure levels were in subjects consuming 1 to <2
drinks per day. Adjusted for age, sex, and body mass index, systolic
pressure was higher by 4.0 mm Hg (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.5
to 7.6 mm Hg) in abstainers, 3.6 mm Hg (95% CI, 0.5 to 6.6 mm Hg)
in those who drank <1 drink per day, 0.4 mm Hg (95% CI, -4.7 to 5.5
mm Hg) in those who drank 2 to <3 drinks per day, and 8.1 mm Hg
(95% CI, 2.9 to 13.4 mm Hg) in those who drank 
3 drinks per day.
Levels of diastolic pressure were lowest in those consuming 2 to <3
drinks per day. Adjustment for pulse rate, smoking, medication use, and
family history of hypertension did not alter the results. These results
suggest a J-shaped association of alcohol
intake with blood pressure level in young adults, with the lowest
levels in consumers of 1 to 3 drinks per day.
Key Words: blood pressure • alcohol • cross-sectional studies
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