Citation

Harburg E, Ozgoren F, Hawthorne VM, Schork MA. Am. J. Public Health 1980; 70(8): 813-820.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7416341

PMCID

PMC1619612

Abstract

This research examines the relationship between alcohol usage and blood pressure in the adult population of a small community in Michigan.

FINDINGS suggest that blood pressure varies with alcohol usage linearly for men with a slight dip at 1-2 drinks per week, and curvilinearly for women with a low point at about 4 drinks per week. A method to measure public norms of alcohol intake and categories of drinking habits is presented. This technique may be useful in constructing drinking categories applicable in a community for both education and therapy.

Language: en