Alcohol consumption, hypertension, and total mortality among women. | Vanderbilt Center for Clinical Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Trials Evaluation

Freiberg MS, Chang YF, Kraemer KL, Robinson JG, Adams-Campbell LL, Kuller LL. Alcohol consumption, hypertension, and total mortality among women. American journal of hypertension. 2009 Nov;22(22). 1212-8. PMID: 19730413 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3104852 NIHMSID: NIHMS281531.

Abstract

Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a reduced risk of total mortality among Caucasian women. Whether moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a reduced risk of total mortality among African-American or hypertensive women is unclear.