Association of Blood Pressure and Hypertension with Alcohol Consumption in HIV-Infected White and Nonwhite Patients

Table 4

Association of systolic and diastolic blood pressure with alcohol consumption by skin color.

Skin color	Alcohol consumption	BP ± SE (mmHg)	Delta of BP ± SE (mmHg)^*†	𝑃 value^*†	Delta of BP ± SE (mmHg)^**†	𝑃 value^**†
Systolic BP (mmHg)
Whites	Abstemious	120.5±1.0	—		—
	Social drinking	122.5±0.7	2.0±1.3	0.3	—
	Abusive drinking	123.3±2.5	2.8±2.8	0.7	0.9±2.7	1.0
Nonwhites	Abstemious	120.8±1.3	—		—
	Social drinking	121.6±0.9	0.8±1.6	0.9	—
	Abusive drinking	130.9±3.0	10.1±3.3	0.007	9.3±3.2	0.01
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
Whites	Abstemious	74.9±0.6	—		—
	Social drinking	76.6±0.5	1.7±0.8	0.1	—
	Abusive drinking	77.4±1.6	2.6±1.7	0.4	0.9±1.7	0.9
Nonwhites	Abstemious	76.6±0.9	—		—
	Social drinking	77.1±0.6	0.5±1.1	0.9	—
	Abusive drinking	83.4±2.0	6.9±2.2	0.006	6.4±2.1	0.008
	Frequency of alcohol consumption
Systolic BP (mmHg)
Whites	Abstemious	120.5±1.0	—
	Monthly	121.6±1.0	1.1±1.4	0.9	—
	Weekly	123.5±1.0	3.0±1.5	0.4	2.3±1.8	0.5
Nonwhites	Abstemious	120.8±1.3	—
	Monthly	121.3±1.2	0.5±1.8	0.8	—
	Weekly	123.6±1.4	2.8±2.0	0.12	1.9±1.4	0.5
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
Whites	Abstemious	74.9±0.6
	Monthly	75.7±0.6	0.8±0.9	0.8
	Weekly	77.6±0.6	2.8±0.9	0.008	2.0±0.9	0.079
Nonwhites	Abstemious	76.7±0.9
	Monthly	77.5±0.8	0.8±1.2	0.9
	Weekly	77.7±0.9	1.0±1.3	0.8	0.2±1.2	0.9

SE: standard error; *delta in relation to abstemious drinking; **delta in relation to social drinking or monthly consumption; ^†analyses of covariance adjusted for age, sex, educational attainment, smoking, physical activity, body mass index, time since HIV infection, and lifetime HAART use.