Association of hypertension with chronic alcoholism in a black population.
A positive association was established between hypertension and alcoholism in a study of 6,491 black patients. The relative risk of high blood pressure associated with alcoholism was 1.20 and the odds ratio was 1.23 in this hospital-based, case-control study.
Miller
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Miller
J M
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D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D044383:Black People; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk