title: Alcohol consumption and hypertension.
abstract: The effect of acute alcohol consumption was studied in healthy subjects (Group-I) and in nondrinking hypertensive (Group-II) and in regularly drinking hypertensive patients (Group-III). All subjects consumed alcohol (1gm/kg body weight daily) for 5 days, then abstained for 5 days. Blood pressure was recorded in standing and supine position every morning. Group-I showed no significant difference in blood pressures during and after alcohol consumption. Group-II showed a statistically significant increase in the supine and standing systolic/diastolic and mean blood pressure when consuming alcohol (P < 0.01) as compared to the period of abstinence. In Group-III, hypertensive patients who drank regularly showed significant decrease in systolic blood pressure in the period of abstinence during standing (p < 0.02) as well as in supine position (p < 0.001) and diastolic and mean blood pressure reduction in standing and supine position (p < 0.01) as compared to the period of drinking.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medicine, SP Medical College, Bikaner.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garhwal
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology; D013695:Temperance