Relationship between alcohol consumption and age at menopause: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Objective: We used data from the 2011-2014 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (KNHANES) to investigate whether the age at menopause is related to alcohol consumption in South Korean women.

Materials And Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of the data for 940 women who became menopausal within the 3 years preceding the KNHANES.

Results: The numbers of nondrinkers, mild to moderate drinkers, and heavy drinkers in this group were 345 (34.