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

Table 3

Association between alcohol consumption and hypertension according to skin color.

	Whites	Nonwhites
	RR (95% CI)*	RR (95% CI)*
Alcohol consumption
Abstemious	1.0	1.0
Social drinking	1.2 (0.8–1.7)	1.1 (0.8–1.5)
Abusive drinking	1.9 (1.1–3.3)	2.4 (1.4–4.0)
𝑃 value	0.09	0.004
Frequency of alcohol consumption
Abstemious	1.0	1.0
Monthly	1.1 (0.7–1.6)	1.0 (0.7–1.5)
Weekly	1.4 (1.0–2.0)	1.3 (0.9–1.9)
𝑃 value	0.2	0.18
Binge drinking
Abstemious	1.0	1.0
No	1.2 (0.8–1.7)	1.1 (0.6–1.8)
Yes	1.2 (0.8–1.9)	1.2 (0.8–1.6)
𝑃 value	0.6	0.7

∗RR adjusted for age, sex, educational attainment, smoking, physical activity, BMI, time since diagnosis of HIV infection, and use of highly active antiretroviral therapy.