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)*†
value*†
Delta of BP ± SE (mmHg)**†
value**†
Systolic BP (mmHg)
Whites
Abstemious
—
—
Social drinking
0.3
—
Abusive drinking
0.7
1.0
Nonwhites
Abstemious
—
—
Social drinking
0.9
—
Abusive drinking
0.007
0.01
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
Whites
Abstemious
—
—
Social drinking
0.1
—
Abusive drinking
0.4
0.9
Nonwhites
Abstemious
—
—
Social drinking
0.9
—
Abusive drinking
0.006
0.008
Frequency of alcohol consumption
Systolic BP (mmHg)
Whites
Abstemious
—
Monthly
0.9
—
Weekly
0.4
0.5
Nonwhites
Abstemious
—
Monthly
0.8
—
Weekly
0.12
0.5
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
Whites
Abstemious
Monthly
0.8
Weekly
0.008
0.079
Nonwhites
Abstemious
Monthly
0.9
Weekly
0.8
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.