Both moderate and heavy alcohol use amplify the adverse cardiovascular effects of smoking in young patients with hypertension

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• who: Paolo Palatini et al. from the analysisBody mass index (BMI) was considered as an index of adiposity (weight divided by height squared). BP was measured in the office using the auscultatory method, and the mean of six readings obtained during two visits performed , weeks apart was considered as the baseline office BP. Twenty-four-hour ambulatory BP monitoring was performed using the AandD , model , (Tokyo, Japan) or the ICR Spacelabs , (Redmond, WA, USA). Measurements were taken every , min during the day (06.00-23., h) and every , min during the night (23.00-06., h). The . . .
  

   

  

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