Women who binge drink at least once a month are at heightened risk of advanced fibrosis, study suggests
Women who consume four or more alcoholic drinks on a single occasion once a month or more have increased odds of advanced liver fibrosis, a new study suggests. Steatotic liver disease (SLD)—formerly known as fatty liver disease—includes several liver conditions linked to alcohol consumption and/or metabolic dysfunction. SLD phenotypes are identified based partly on daily or weekly alcohol intake.…
A recent study published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that women who engage in monthly binge drinking are at a higher risk of developing advanced liver fibrosis. The research, which analyzed data from 43,447 adults surveyed by the National Health Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), found that women who drank four or more alcoholic drinks in a single sitting at least once a month had increased odds of advanced liver fibrosis, a condition linked to severe liver damage and mortality.
This association remained significant even after accounting for factors such as demographics, other illnesses, and average daily alcohol consumption. However, the link between binge drinking and advanced fibrosis appeared less pronounced in men. The study highlights the importance of considering binge-drinking frequency in clinical evaluations and underscores the sex-specific impacts of alcohol consumption on liver health.
The findings emphasize the need for further research to determine potential causation, but the results add to existing evidence suggesting that frequent binge drinking may pose serious risks to women's liver health.
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