The Relationship between Drinking Patterns and Chronic Health Conditions: New Evidence from Two US National Alcohol Surveys.

Controlling for covariates and PS weighting appeared to make cases and their healthy controls more similar in past year drinking patterns. Observed similarity in drinking patterns of those with and without a chronic disease may serve as an impetus for a greater focus on screening and identification of those with chronic conditions who would benefit from focused harm reduction messages and implementation of effective alcohol interventions.