[Alcohol intake assessment in a group of hypertensive adults]

The assessment was realised in order to obtain data for a local intervention program for preventing primary hypertension in young adults through an education program. 269 persons, of both sexes, were investigated. The frequency of elevated blood pressure values is 11.2% and the prevalence of arterial hypertension is 8.73%. The frequency of alcohol consumers is different according to gender (18.6% for male and 3.4% for female).