Why the study?
Does nighttime alcohol intake affect evening and next morning home blood pressure and heart rate in Japanese normotensives?
Population
245 Japanese normotensives selected from 700 registered volunteers, whose data consisted of a combination of…
Comparison
Nighttime alcohol intake (drinking days) vs Non-drinking days (within-subject comparison)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
7 consecutive days
Authors
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Evening home BP may be confounded by alcohol; leaves open whether morning readings are more stable for monitoring.
Does nighttime alcohol intake affect evening and next morning home blood pressure and heart rate in Japanese normotensives?
Nighttime alcohol intake lowers evening blood pressure and increases heart rate in normotensives, suggesting morning home blood pressure measurements are more stable than evening measurements.
Kawabe et al. (2007) studied this question.
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