Sex‐Specific Associations Between Alcohol Consumption and Incidence of Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Cohort Studies

Sex‐Specific Associations Between Alcohol Consumption and Incidence of Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Cohort Studies

Background Although it is well established that heavy alcohol consumption increases the risk of hypertension, the risk associated with low levels of alcohol intake in men and women is unclear. Methods and Results We searched Medline and Embase for original cohort studies on the association between a...

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Main Authors: Michael Roerecke, Sheldon W. Tobe, Janusz Kaczorowski, Simon L. Bacon, Afshin Vafaei, Omer S. M. Hasan, Rohin J. Krishnan, Amidu O. Raifu, Jürgen Rehm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
alcohol
cohort studies
hypertension
meta‐analysis
systematic review
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.008202

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https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.008202

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