Alcohol consumption among middle-aged women: a population-based study of Swedish women. The Women's Health in Lund Area (WHILA) study.
From a total population of 10,766 Swedish 50- to 59-year-old women, 6,917 (64.2%) participated in the Women's Health in Lund Area (WHILA) study, and among them 6,623 (95.7%) answered the questions on alcohol consumption. One out of 4 women (26.0%) consumed no alcohol in an ordinary week (non-drinkers), 57.4% consumed not more than 83 g alcohol, 12.5% consumed 84-167 g and 4.2% consumed 168 g or more. The weekly drinkers had a median consumption of 40.0 g alcohol (range 2.5-1,036.0) and the main sort of alcohol was wine. Comparing the four drinking groups, most differences occurred between the non-drinking and the weekly drinking women. The non-drinkers had lower socio-demographic status, poorer health and more symptoms, especially physical symptoms. In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, most associations between non-drinking and lower socio-demographic status remained.
Cederfjäll
Jenny
J
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. jenny.cederfjall@psykiatr.lu.se
Lidfeldt
Jonas
J
Nerbrand
Christina
C
Samsioe
Göran
G
Ojehagen
Agneta
A
D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D013695:Temperance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014920:Wine