Sex-Based Differences in Binge and Heavy Drinking Among US Adults

JAMA. 2025 May 27;333(20):1831-1833. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.2726.

Authors

Bryant Shuey¹, Hefei Wen^{2

3}, Katie J Suda¹, Alyssa Burnett³, James Franklin Wharam⁴, Timothy S Anderson¹, Jane M Liebschutz¹

Affiliations

¹ Center for Research on Healthcare, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Duke University and Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Durham, North Carolina.

PMID: 40238125
PMCID: PMC12004242 (available on 2025-10-16)
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.2726

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study compares differences in binge and heavy drinking among male and female adults in recent years.