Alcohol Drinking and Blood Pressure Among Adolescents
| Autor: | Susana Jerez, Alfredo Coviello |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Adolescent Alcohol Drinking media_common.quotation_subject Alcohol abuse Blood Pressure Alcohol Toxicology Social issues Biochemistry Behavioral Neuroscience chemistry.chemical_compound Diastole Environmental health Epidemiology Prevalence medicine Humans Risk factor media_common Sex Characteristics business.industry Public health Addiction General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Blood pressure Neurology chemistry Hypertension Female business |
| Zdroj: | Alcohol. 16:1-5 |
| ISSN: | 0741-8329 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0741-8329(97)00152-3 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to evaluate alcohol consumption among adolescents from Tucuman, Argentina, and to determine its possible relationship with increased levels of blood pressure. Three hundred fifty-six students aged 13–18 included in the study were asked to answer questionnaires anonymously. Two blood pressures measures were then taken. Differences between both sexes were found in quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption. Enjoyment was determined to be the main reason for drinking. There was an association between frequency and alcohol-related problems, and smoking habits. There were also differences in blood pressure among males and females. A weak, but significant, relationship between quantity/frequency index and diastolic blood pressure was found. A greater prevalence of hypertension in male heavy drinkers was noted as well. Because this addiction implies multiple social problems and it also accounts for a hypertension risk factor, the importance of aiming at developing prevention strategies for alcohol abuse among adolescents is stressed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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