The Relationship between Drinking and Health

To clarify the relationship between drinking and health, wa selected at random 250 males and 250 females who worked for a factory in Yamaguchi prefecture, and examined the data given by legal periodical health check. The results were as follows. (1) More than 20% of the male workers were moderate-to-heavy drinkers. While most of the female were nondrinkers. (2) Alcohol consumption in male workers was found to relate significantly with their blood pressure. (3) It was found that the values of GGT and prevalence of hypertention had a close relationship.

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gamma-glutamyl transferase(GGT)

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