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. 1986 May;78(5):391-3.

Association of hypertension with chronic alcoholism in a black population

J M Miller, J M Miller

Association of hypertension with chronic alcoholism in a black population

J M Miller et al. J Natl Med Assoc. 1986 May.

Abstract

A positive association was established between hypertension and alcoholism in a study of 6,491 black patients. The relative risk of high blood pressure associated with alcoholism was 1.20 and the odds ratio was 1.23 in this hospital-based, case-control study.

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