Key result
Repeated alcohol intake for 7 days in hypertensive men lowered evening systolic BP (126 vs 139 mm Hg) but raised nighttime systolic BP (138 vs 131 mm Hg) compared to a nonalcoholic control.
Why the study?
Does repeated alcohol intake affect 24-hour blood pressure in male habitual drinkers with essential hypertension?
Population
14 male habitual drinkers with essential hypertension
Comparison
Alcohol given at dinner for 7 days vs Nonalcoholic drink with the same calories as…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
11 days
Authors
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Clinicians should use ABPM to detect alcohol-related nocturnal BP rises in hypertensive men; this cohort finding leaves open causal effects on outcomes.
Does repeated alcohol intake affect 24-hour blood pressure in male habitual drinkers with essential hypertension?
Repeated alcohol intake has a biphasic effect on blood pressure in hypertensive patients, with an initial depressor effect followed by a pressor effect hours later, suggesting casual BP measurements may overestimate chronic effects.
Abe et al. (1994) studied essential hypertension (n=14). Alcohol vs. Nonalcoholic drink with the same calories was evaluated on 24-hour blood pressure. Repeated alcohol intake for 7 days in hypertensive men lowered evening systolic BP (126 vs 139 mm Hg) but raised nighttime systolic BP (138 vs 131 mm Hg) compared to a nonalcoholic control.
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