Hypertension and chronic ethanol consumption: What do we know after a century of study?

Table 2 Summary of the main mechanisms underlying ethanol-induced hypertension

Ref.	Mechanism
[17,18]	Increase in sympathetic nervous system activity
[20]	Stimulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
	Myogenic mechanism:
[31,32,36-42]	Enhanced vascular reactivity to vasoconstrictor agents
[33,41,44-46]	Impairment of the vascular relaxation
	Oxidative stress:
[70-77]	Increase in reactive oxygen species generation
[81,82,85-87]	Reduction of antioxidant systems
[28,44,52,95-102]	Decrease of nitric oxide bioavailability and endothelial dysfunction