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- Title
CURRENT ALCOHOL USE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A REDUCED RISK OF HOT FLASHES IN MIDLIFE WOMEN.
- Authors
Schilling, Chrissy; Gallicchio, Lisa; Miller, Susan R.; Babus, Janice K.; Lewis, Lynn M.; Zacur, Howard; Flaws, Jodi A.
- Abstract
Aims: To examine the relation between current alcohol use, estradiol, estrone, and testosterone levels, and hot flashes in midlife women using a case-control study design. Methods: Cases were midlife women (45-54 years) who reported ever experiencing hot flashes, Controls were midlife women (45-54 years) who reported never experiencing hot flashes. Each participant completed a questionnaire and provided a blood sample that was used to measure estradiol, estrone, and testosterone levels by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results: The results indicate that current alcohol use (at least one day per month) was significantly associated with a reduced risk of hot flashes compared to non-use of alcohol, independent of age and smoking habits. The hot flashes experienced by current alcohol users were less severe and less frequent than those experienced by non-users of alcohol. Further, current alcohol users had similar levels of estradiol, estrone, and testosterone compared to non-users of alcohol. Conclusions: These data suggest that current alcohol use is associated with a reduced risk of any, severe, and frequent hot flashes in midlife women by a mechanism that may not include changes in sex steroid hormone levels.
- Subjects
ALCOHOL drinking; HEALTH risk assessment; PREVENTIVE medicine; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; STEROID hormones; PUBLIC health
- Publication
Alcohol & Alcoholism, 2005, Vol 40, Issue 6, p563
- ISSN
0735-0414
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/alcalc/agh191