PMID: 16535839Mar 16, 2006Paper

Influence of alcohol consumption on effectiveness of antihypertensive in male patients with essential hypertension

Wei sheng yan jiu = Journal of hygiene research
Shaojie PengAiqun Huang

Abstract

To explore the influence of alcohol consumption during ACEI (Benazepril) therapy on effectiveness of antihypertensive in male patients with essential hypertension. A prospective cohort study was made and multiple linear regression and multiple logistic regression models were applied to data analysis. After 15 days ACEI therapy, the decrease in systolic blood pressure (deltaSBP) and diastolic blood pressure (deltaDBP) in alcohol-drinking groups was clearly smaller than that of non-drinking group. An inverse dose-response relation between alcohol drinking and (deltaSBP) as well as (deltaDBP) was observed either. To the non-alcohol-drinking group, subjects with alcohol-drinking more than 50 ml per day showed 5.26 mmHg (0.70 kPa) (P = 0.0116) and 3.32 mmHg (0.44kPa) (P = 0.0349) decreased in NSBP and DDBP, respectively. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that the alcohol-drinking group's effect rate of antihypertensive were 45% lower (P = 0.0493) in SBP drop and 76% lower (P = 0.4750) in DBP drop respectively compared with non-and alcohol-drinking groups. Alcohol drinking during ACEI therapy can lower the effectiveness of antihypertensive in male patients with essential hypertension.

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