For women, quitting drinking may be linked to a significant improvement in mental health, according to a new study. Learn more:
The findings come from a comparison of two groups of people, which together included more than 40,000 people. In both, women who never drankreported the highest levels of mental well-being, but women who started out as moderate drinkers and quit during the 4-year study period had the greatest improvements in mental health, such that their well-being was close to that of the abstainers.
The findings add to the growing body of evidence suggesting that moderate drinking may not improve health-related quality of life, co-author Michael Y. Ni, MD, of the University of Hong Kong's School of Public Health, said in a news release."Instead, quitting drinking may be associated with a more favorable change in mental well-being, approaching the level of lifetime abstainers."
To account for cultural differences, the authors also analyzed data from the U.S. National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, which was designed to measure alcohol use disorders and related diseases among adults in the United States.
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