The changing alcohol drinking patterns among older adults show that women are closing the gender gap in more frequent drinking: the Tromso study, 1994-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the population of older adults continues to grow, changes in alcohol consumption are important to monitor because an increase may have public health consequences. Rates of alcohol use vary with geographical location. The aim of this study was to examine trends in alcohol consumption among older adults in a geographically defined area in Norway, especially changing sex differences in drinking patterns over a 22-year period.

Methods

Repeated cross-sectional survey (in 1994-95, 2007-08, and 2015-16) of a general population of older adults. Eligible for this study were 20,939 participants (aged 60-99 years). The data were analysed using generalized estimating equations, stratified by age and sex. Alcohol consumption and drinking patterns were assessed, using an ada

SUBMITTER: Stelander LT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8152329 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature