The dose-response relationship of pre-menopausal alcohol consumption with age at menopause: a population study of 280 497 women in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous research suggests that alcohol consumption is associated with high age at menopause. Yet, knowledge about the dose-response relationship is inconsistent. Thus, we studied the pattern of the association of pre-menopausal alcohol consumption with age at natural menopause.

Methods

We performed a retrospective population-based study using self-reported data from 280 497 women aged 50-69 years attending the Norwegian breast cancer screening programme (BreastScreen Norway) during 2006-15. Associations of weekly alcohol consumption between the age of 20 and 49 years with age at menopause were estimated as hazard ratios (HRs) using Cox proportional hazard models with restricted cubic splines to allow for non-linear associations. We adjusted for year and place of

SUBMITTER: Langas JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10749754 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature