流行病学调查与临床研究已肯定饮酒与高血压之间有密切关系。随着饮酒量的增加,无论收缩压或舒张压都有进行性的升高。高血压的并发症,特别是脑血管意外更常见于大量饮酒者,在小于50岁的卒中患者中更为突出。南斯拉夫的研究报告发现大量饮酒者中卒中死亡率高于少量饮酒者三倍。 Epidemiological and clinical studies have confirmed the close relationship between alcohol consumption and high blood pressure. As alcohol consumption increases, systolic or diastolic blood pressure increases progressively. Hypertensive complications, particularly cerebrovascular accidents, are more common in drinkers and are more pronounced in stroke patients younger than 50 years. Yugoslavia’s study found that among drinkers with heavy drinkers, stroke death rates were three times higher than those with fewer drinkers.