Alcohol Consumption Patterns and Risk of Early-Onset Vasomotor Symptoms in Premenopausal Women.

ABSTRACT: The role of alcohol consumption in the risk of vasomotor symptoms (VMS), the most cardinal climacteric symptoms, is not well established. We examined their relationship with early-onset VMS among premenopausal women. Moderately-to-severely bothersome VMS, the primary outcome, was assessed using the Korean version of the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life questionnaire. The alcohol consumption categories included lifetime abstainer, former drinker, or current drinker, categorized as light, moderate, heavy, and very heavy. Compared with the lifetime-abstinence (reference), the multivariable-adjusted odds ratio (95% CIs) for prevalent VMS in alcohol consumption of <10, 10-19, 20-39, and ≥40 g/day were 1.42 (1.02-1.99), 1.99 (1.27-3.12), 2.06 (1.19-3.57), and 3.52 (1.72-7.20), respectively

SUBMITTER: Kwon R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9182895 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature