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Does ethanol consumption affect the risk of hypertension?
Does ethanol consumption affect the risk of hypertension?
This review provides an overview of the mechanisms and epidemiological factors linking ethanol consumption to the risk of developing hypertension.
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Supports cautious ethanol counseling in hypertension risk assessment; leaves open demographic-specific thresholds for prospective trials.
Ethanol consumption has been linked to many physiological changes including hypertension. This review examines the mechanisms of how ethanol affects blood pressure through the nervous system, endocrine hormones, and local factors in blood vessels. Moreover, recent epidemiologicalliteratures on the roles of gender, age, ethnic backgrounds,and abstinencein the association between ethanol consumption and the risk of hypertension are summarized and compared.
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