Joint Effect of Alcohol Drinking and Environmental Cadmium Exposure on Hypertension in Korean Adults: Analysis of Data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2008 to 2013

CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that heavy alcohol drinking had a joint effect with cadmium exposure to increase the risk of hypertension. Future efforts are needed to reduce alcohol drinking and environmental cadmium exposure to prevent hypertension in the general population.PMID:33635568 | DOI:10.1111/acer.14551
Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - Category: Addiction Authors: Source Type: research