Trends in alcohol consumption in middle-aged and older adults, assessed with self-report and the alcohol marker phosphatidylethanol - A longitudinal HUNT study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol is a leading risk factor for disease burden. We examined longitudinal trends in sex and age-specific alcohol consumption among middle-aged and older subjects who had participated in the population-based Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) in Norway since the 1990s.

Methods

This study included 23,151 individuals aged ≥43 years when they participated in the HUNT2 Survey (1995-1997) and who also had participated in the HUNT3 Survey (2006-2008), and/or the HUNT4 Survey (2017-2019). We used self-reported data to examine trends and identify sex- and age-specific differences in abstinence from alcohol, current drinking, risky drinking (≥8 units of alcohol/week), and heavy episodic drinking (≥5 or ≥6 units of alcohol in one sitting at least monthly). Concentrations of t

SUBMITTER: Tevik K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12551891 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature