Experts at the National Institute of Public Health in Denmark say that alcohol consumption is linked with increased risk of perennial allergic rhinitis.
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They have come to this conclusion after conducting a study of 5,870 young adult women, published in the July issue of Clinical and Experimental Allergy.
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There was no increase in risk of seasonal allergic rhinitis according to alcohol intake, she adds.
She has revealed that the 5,870 women studied by the research team were aged 20-29 years, and free of seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis at the start of the study.
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When the women were contacted again seven to nine years later, 831 women had developed seasonal AR, and 523 perennial AR, 14 per cent and 9 per cent respectively.
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Women who reported drinking more than 14 drinks a week were 78 per cent more likely to develop perennial allergic rhinitis than those who had reported drinking less than one drink a week.
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"Another interesting finding of this study was that smokers were found to have a decreased risk of seasonal AR, with no change to the risk of perennial AR. We also found that if one or both parents had asthma, the participant was more likely to have perennial AR and this was exacerbated in women who drank over 14 drinks a week," she added.
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