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Pattern of alcohol consumption as important as quantity consumed.
2004 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who habitually consume alcohol without food, and men who drink daily rather than less frequently, are at increased risk of liver damage even after adjusting for amount of alcohol consumed, the first study of the effects of drinking patterns on biochemical indicators of alcohol-related liver damage has shown.
The study is highlighted in the June 2004 issue of Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research. Saverio Stranges, MD, research instructor in the department of social and preventive medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo, is principal investigator.
Additional results showed that women who drank primarily on weekends were at higher risk of liver disease than women who drink moderately throughout the week.
The data also supported previous evidence of an alcohol "dose threshold," below which there is little evidence of liver damage. The safe range for men in this study was determined to be 14-27 drinks per week, or no more than three a day; for women, the safe range was 7-14 ...
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