Interaction of current alcohol consumption and abdominal obesity on hypertension risk

The high prevalence of alcohol consumption and abdominal obesity and increased incidence of essential hypertension (EH) in China indicates that there may be an interaction between alcohol consumption and abdominal obesity on EH risk. Therefore, we aimed to examine the independent and combined effects of alcohol consumption and abdominal obesity on risk of EH in a Chinese cohort. We analyzed data from a population-based prospective cohort of 2778...