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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Alcohol consumption and the risk of self-reported perennial and seasonal allergic rhinitis in young adult women in a population-based cohort study
Clinical & Experimental Allergy Volume 38 Issue 7, Pages 1179 - 1185

Alcohol consumption has been suggested to be associated with the development of allergic rhinitis (AR), but there is limited data on the topic.

The objective of this study was to investigate the association between alcohol consumption and the risk of developing AR among young women.

During follow-up, 831 women developed seasonal AR and 523 women developed perennial AR, corresponding to 14% and 9%. Alcohol consumption was positively associated with the risk of developing perennial AR. The adjusted odds ratio (OR) for perennial AR was 1.78 (95% CI, 1.13–2.80) among women drinking more than 14 drinks/week compared with women drinking <1>

In this population of young adult women, alcohol consumption was associated with an increased risk of developing perennial AR.

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