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Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. Part A: Theory and Practice Volume 8, 1986 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption, Body Weight, Family History of Hypertension and Blood Pressure in Young Adults

S. Sawata 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo University, School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku Hongo, 7-3-1, Tokyo, Japan
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R. Sato 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo University, School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku Hongo, 7-3-1, Tokyo, Japan
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H. Hidaka 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo University, School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku Hongo, 7-3-1, Tokyo, Japan
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H. Yasuda 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo University, School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku Hongo, 7-3-1, Tokyo, Japan
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K. Tomomatsu 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo University, School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku Hongo, 7-3-1, Tokyo, Japan
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H. Oka 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo University, School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku Hongo, 7-3-1, Tokyo, Japan
Pages 21-35 | Accepted 21 Jan 1986, Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

It is not clear why blood pressure rises with age in civilized countries. We examined the relationship between alcohol consumption, obesity, family history of hypertension and blood pressures at medical checkups in 534 male office workers, aged 20 to 40. The results in two age groups, 20-30 and 31-40, are as follows. 1) Those who drank heavily (>60 ml of ethanol) the previous night and/or habitual heavy drinkers (>60ml/day) had the highest blood pressure. 2) Obese workers had higher blood pressure. 3) Subjects with a family history of hypertension had obesity were higher in the group aged 31 to 40 than in the other group. These factors might contribute to the blood pressure elevation with age. 5) A histogram of the first readings of systolic blood pressure showed a bimodal distribution only in persons with a family history of hypertension.

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