Relationship of Light to Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Hypertension in Japanese Male Office Workers

Nakanishi, Noriyuki; Makino, Kae; Nishina, Kazue; Suzuki, Kenji; Tatara, Kozo

doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02632.x

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“…Two studies53, 55 were judged to be of serious risk of bias, 1 of low risk, and 16 of moderate risk of bias mainly because of the observational study design and 1‐time measurement of alcohol consumption (Table S2). Thirteen studies used clinical measurements of BP to determine incidence of hypertension 22, 23, 24, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57. Similar relationships were found when we excluded studies with potential serious risk of bias and that relied on self‐reported incidence of hypertension (Figures S4 and S5).…”

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confidence: 52%

“…However, the number of incident hypertension cases was low and CIs were wide, indicating low statistical power to detect significant differences. Three studies presented results by age groups 46, 49, 51. There was no difference in incidence of hypertension by age group (per linear increase in 4 age categories; men: RR=0.95; 95% CI, 0.84–1.09; P =0.43; women: RR=0.99; 95% CI, 0.86–1.13; P =0.83); however, statistical power was also low.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…In total, data from 20 reports from 18 studies were used in the analysis (Figure 1). Nine reports were from the United States,22, 23, 24, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 4 from Japan,48, 49, 50, 51 2 from China,52, 53 and 1 each from Germany,54 South Korea,55 Finland,56 Turkey,57 and Thailand58 (Table). Several reports from the Nurses’ Health Study42, 44, 45, 46 were included, but any 1 case of incident hypertension was included only once in any particular analysis.…”

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Sex‐Specific Associations Between Alcohol Consumption and Incidence of Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Cohort Studies

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Tobe

Kaczorowski

et al. 2018

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BackgroundAlthough it is well established that heavy alcohol consumption increases the risk of hypertension, the risk associated with low levels of alcohol intake in men and women is unclear.Methods and ResultsWe searched Medline and Embase for original cohort studies on the association between average alcohol consumption and incidence of hypertension in people without hypertension. Random‐effects meta‐analyses and metaregressions were conducted. Data from 20 articles with 361 254 participants (125 907 men and 235 347 women) and 90 160 incident cases of hypertension (32 426 men and 57 734 women) were included. In people drinking 1 to 2 drinks/day (12 g of pure ethanol per drink), incidence of hypertension differed between men and women (relative riskwomen vs men=0.79; 95% confidence interval, 0.67–0.93). In men, the risk for hypertension in comparison with abstainers was relative risk=1.19 (1.07–1.31; I2=59%), 1.51 (1.30–1.76), and 1.74 (1.35–2.24) for consumption of 1 to 2, 3 to 4, and 5 or more standard drinks per day, respectively. In women, there was no increased risk for 1 to 2 drinks/day (relative risk=0.94; 0.88–1.01; I2=73%), and an increased risk for consumption beyond this level (relative risk=1.42; 1.22–1.66).ConclusionsAny alcohol consumption was associated with an increase in the risk for hypertension in men. In women, there was no risk increase for consumption of 1 to 2 drinks/day and an increased risk for higher consumption levels. We did not find evidence for a protective effect of alcohol consumption in women, contrary to earlier meta‐analyses.

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Sex‐Specific Associations Between Alcohol Consumption and Incidence of Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Cohort Studies

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“…Subjects for this study were 5218 Japanese men aged 23–59 years who participated in annual health examinations at A Corporation, one of the biggest building contractors in Japan, in 1996. Details of the study design and population characteristics are available in earlier reports [33, 34]. Briefly, all the participants were white‐collar workers and most have professional occupations.…”

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Association of alcohol consumption with white blood cell count: a study of Japanese male office workers

Nakanishi

Yoshida

Okamoto

et al. 2003

Journal of Internal Medicine

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Abstract. Nakanishi N, Yoshida H, Okamoto M, Matsuo Y, Suzuki K, Tatara K (Course of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine F2, Osaka, Japan; Japan Labor and Welfare Association, Tokyo, Japan). Association of alcohol consumption with white blood cell count; a study of Japanese male office workers. ) was )0.07 [95% confidence interval (CI), )0.11 to )0.04] for never smokers, )0.11 (95% CI, )0.15 to )0.06) for ex-smokers, and )0.04 ()0.08 to )0.00) for current smokers. For current smokers, additional adjustment for cigarettes smoked per day heightened the magnitude of these associations [the respective WBC count increment (·10 9 cells L -1 ), )0.07 (95% CI, )0.11 to )0.03)]. The risk for high WBC count (fifth quintile) also showed a negative linear trend related to alcohol intake in each smoking status. Conclusions. The WBC count was inversely associated with alcohol consumption in both nonsmokers and smokers. In view of the firm association of WBC count with the increased risk of coronary heart disease, alcohol consumption seems to have a favourable impact on the link between WBC count and the risk of cardiovascular disease.

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“…Features of MS—obesity, high blood pressure, hypertriglyceridemia, low concentration of high‐density lipoprotein (HDL)‐cholesterol, and hyperglycemia—are established risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The relation of alcohol consumption to these features is complex: although alcohol consumption has been associated with increased risk of hypertension (3), moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower risk of diabetes mellitus (4, 5, 6), perhaps through improved insulin sensitivity (7, 8). In addition, alcohol consumption is associated with higher HDL‐cholesterol (9, 10, 11) and higher triglycerides (TGs) (12).…”

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Alcohol Consumption and Metabolic Syndrome: Does the Type of Beverage Matter?

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Res. 2004;12:1375-1385. Objective: To examine the association between total and beverage-specific alcohol consumption and the prevalence odds of metabolic syndrome (MS). Research Methods and Procedures: Using a cross-sectional design, we studied 4510 white participants of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study. We used generalized estimating equations adjusting for age, education, risk group, smoking, physical activity, diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, energy intake, energy from fat, fruits, and vegetables, dietary cholesterol, dietary fiber, and use of multivitamins to estimate the prevalence odds of MS by alcohol intake. for subjects who consumed Ͼ7 drinks/wk of wine only, beer only, spirits only, and more than one type of beverage, respectively. Discussion: Our data indicate that alcohol consumption is associated with a lower prevalence of MS irrespective of the type of beverage consumed. Prospective studies are needed to confirm these findings and to assess the influence of drinking patterns on the alcohol-MS association.

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Relationship of Light to Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Hypertension in Japanese Male Office Workers

Abstract: Light to moderate alcohol consumption seems to have an important influence on BP in both young and middle-aged Japanese men.

Cited by 38 publications

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Sex‐Specific Associations Between Alcohol Consumption and Incidence of Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Cohort Studies

Sex‐Specific Associations Between Alcohol Consumption and Incidence of Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Cohort Studies

Association of alcohol consumption with white blood cell count: a study of Japanese male office workers

Alcohol Consumption and Metabolic Syndrome: Does the Type of Beverage Matter?

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