Effects of daily alcohol intake on the blood pressure differ depending on an individual's sensitivity to alcohol: Oriental flushing as a sign to stop drinking for health reasons

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1211-1217

  Itoh, Taiji ^a   Matsumoto, Masayasu ^a   Nakamura, Masaichi ^b   Okada, Akira ^c   Shirahashi, Nobuo ^d   Hougaku, Hidetaka ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Sakaguchi, Manabu ^a   Handa, Nobuo ^a   Takeshita, Tatsuya ^a   Morimoto, Kanehisa ^a   Hori, Masatsugu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Kurimoto Center for Innovative Technology Kurimoto   (Japan)

^c Marubeni Corporation   (Japan)

^d CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol flushing; Blood pressure; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GENOTYPE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 9844244555     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199715110-00004     Document Type: Article

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