Association between Drinking Patterns and Incident Hypertension in Southwest China

Yawen Wang, Yuntong Yao, Yun Chen, Jie Zhou, Yanli Wu, Chaowei Fu, Na Wang, Tao Liu and Kelin Xu
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Yawen Wang: Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Yuntong Yao: Guizhou Province Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, 101 Bageyan Road, Yunyan District, Guiyang 550004, China
Yun Chen: Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Jie Zhou: Guizhou Province Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, 101 Bageyan Road, Yunyan District, Guiyang 550004, China
Yanli Wu: Guizhou Province Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, 101 Bageyan Road, Yunyan District, Guiyang 550004, China
Chaowei Fu: Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Na Wang: Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Tao Liu: Guizhou Province Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, 101 Bageyan Road, Yunyan District, Guiyang 550004, China
Kelin Xu: Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 7, 1-20

Abstract: Based on a prospective cohort study of adults from southwest China with heterogeneity in their demographical characteristics and lifestyles, we aimed to explore the association between drinking patterns and incident hypertension under the interaction of these confounding factors. The Cox proportional hazard model was used to estimate the hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Subgroup analysis was performed according to sex, ethnicity, area, occupation, smoking, and exercise to compare the differences in the association between drinking patterns and the incidence of hypertension. Blood pressure was higher in participants with a high drinking frequency than those with a low drinking frequency ( p < 0.001). We found that total drinking frequency, liquor drinking frequency, rice wine drinking frequency, and alcohol consumption were significantly associated with an increased risk of hypertension. Compared with the non-drinking group, a heavy drinking pattern was positively correlated with hypertension. Drinking can increase the risk of hypertension, especially heavy drinking patterns, with a high frequency of alcohol intake and high alcohol consumption. From the analysis results of the longitudinal data, drinking alcohol is still an important risk factor for hypertension among Chinese subjects, especially for men, the rural population, the employed, the Han nationality, smokers, and certain exercise populations.

Keywords: alcohol consumption; cohort study; drinking frequency; hypertension; interaction effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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