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. 2018 Jan 8;13(1):e0190239. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190239

Table 2. Odds ratio (OR) for elevated systemic blood pressure according to alcohol consumption.

ELSA-Brasil, 2008–2010 (n = 7,655).

n Crude Model Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
OR (95%CI) OR (95%CI) OR (95%CI) OR (95%CI)
Male
Abstemious 1054 1 1 1
Moderate 2273 1.30 (1.05–1.61) 1.55 (1.25–1.94) 1.69 (1.35–2.11) 1
Excessive 507 2.50 (1.91–3.26) 2.48 (1.87–3.27) 2.70 (2.04–3.59) 1.52 (1.19–1.94)
Female
Abstemious 1744 1 1 1
Moderate 1898 0.96 (0.75–1.23) 1.16 (0.89–1.51) 1.28 (0.98–1.67) 1
Excessive 179 2.15 (1.36–3.38) 2.42 (1.51–3.88) 2.86 (1.77–4.63) 2.04 (1.27–3.27)
ELSA-Brasil
Abstemious 2798 1 1 1
Moderate 4171 1.31 (1.12–1.53) 1.36 (1.15–1,61) 1.50 (1.26–1.77) 1
Excessive 686 2.98 (2.40–3.70) 2.36 (1.87–2,99) 2.64 (2.08–3.35) 1.63 (1.31–2.02)

Model 1: Adjust for race/skin colour, income per capita, physical activity, smoking, abdominal obesity and sex when analyzed throughout the ELSA-Brasil population.

Model 2: model 1 + adjust for age, family history of hypertension and menopause.

Model 3: model 2 + adjust for consumption of alcohol more often with meals.

Abstemious: 0g/ethanol/week (male and female).

Moderate: 1 to 209g/ethanol/week (male); 1 to 139g/ethanol/week (female).

Excessive: ≥210g/ethanol/week (male); ≥140g/ethanol/week (female).