Lower Blood Alcohol Concentration Among HIV-Positive Versus HIV-Negative Individuals Following Controlled Alcohol Administration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although it has been purported that HIV-positive individuals may experience a greater degree of intoxication than HIV-negative individuals following acute alcohol consumption, no research to date has empirically tested this supposition. The present investigation entailed a randomized controlled experiment to identify whether the administration of a weight-specified dose of alcohol would lead to differential blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) among HIV-positive versus HIV-negative men.

Methods

In a specialized barroom laboratory, 143 men (n = 76 HIV-positive and n = 67 HIV-negative; mean age = 42.9) consumed beverages based on a formulation of 0.7 g alcohol/kg body weight over a 15-minute time frame. BAC was assessed via breathalyzer at 2 set time points (10 and 1

SUBMITTER: Shuper PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6120761 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature