The prevalence of alcohol dependence and its association with hypertension: a population-based cross-sectional study4 in Xuzhou city, China

• Main Authors: Ailing Ji (Author), Peian Lou (Author), Zongmei Dong (Author), Chunrong Xu (Author), Pan Zhang (Author), Guiqiu Chang (Author), Ting Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To describe the prevalence of alcohol dependence and to explore the relationship between alcohol dependence and newly detected hypertension in China. Methods A multistage stratified cluster sampling method was used to obtain samples from February to June 2013. The Michigan Alcoho...