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

	Hazard Ratio	95% CI
Menopausal status	REF = premenopausal
Early peri-menopausal	1.52**	1.12–2.07
Late peri-menopausal	1.16	0.68–1.98
Postmenopausal	1.98***	1.45–2.71
Age at baseline (years)	0.88*	0.79–0.98
Age at postmenopausal status	1.13**	1.03–1.25
Length on transition^a	0.88*	0.81–0.95
Estradiol (pg/mL)^b	0.98	0.80–1.21
Testosterone (ng/dL) ^b	0.91	0.79–1.06
Depression (CES-D)	1.01	0.98–1.04

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