Alcohol intake assessment in a group of hypertensive adults
Indrei, L.L.; Cărăuşu, E.-M.; Indrei, A.; Biru, C.; Ciochină, A.D.
Revista Medico-Chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici Si Naturalisti Din Iasi 107(2): 429-434
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0048-7848 PMID: 14755955 Document Number: 564998
The assessment was realised in order to obtain data for a local intervention program for preventing primary hypertension in young adults through an education program. 269 persons, of both sexes, were investigated. The frequency of elevated blood pressure values is 11.2% and the prevalence of arterial hypertension is 8.73%. The frequency of alcohol consumers is different according to gender (18.6% for male and 3.4% for female).