Changes in excessive alcohol use among older women across the menopausal transition: a longitudinal analysis of the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation

Table 1 Association between menopausal status and transition from excessive to non-excessive drinking

	Hazard ratio	95% CI
Menopausal status	REF = premenopausal
Early peri-menopausal	3.81***	2.40–6.03
Late peri-menopausal	5.11***	2.81–9.30
Postmenopausal	3.71***	2.00–6.90
Age at baseline (years)	0.92	0.83–1.02
Age at postmenopausal status	1.15*	1.02–1.30
Length on transition^a	0.92	0.82–1.02
Estradiol (pg/mL)^b	1.17	0.92–1.49
Testosterone (ng/dL) ^b	0.59**	0.40–0.87
Depression (CES-D)	1.01	0.92–1.03

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