A study has found that men and women go through similar changes in their alcohol intake habits over their lifetime. The study conducted on people in the United Kingdom reported a sharp increase in men and women’s drinking habits during adolescence and the intake peaked in early adulthood. In the midlife, it reaches at a particular level and then stays the same, while in older age, alcohol intake declines, the study reported.

Researchers of the study found that youngsters drank the largest quantities of alcohol. Annie Britton, a senior lecturer of epidemiology at University College London and lead researcher of the study, said, “It was older men who drank the most often with lots of men drinking on a daily basis in later life”.

While talking to Live Science, Britton said that many older men reported drinking daily, which means that they have become dependent on alcohol. According to her, alcohol can also hinder with some medications that are usually used by older people.

To conduct the study, the researchers had used data of nine previous studies that included about 60,000 people. The studies were conducted from 1979 to 2013. The new study has collected extensive data on drinking behaviors. The study has been published on March 5 in the journal BMC Medicine.

According to the researchers, during the study, they found that people of different age groups had different alcohol intake habits. People in their 20s used to drink large amounts of alcohol. They used to drink alcohol only once or twice a week. At the age of 25, a guy consumed about ten drinks every week, while a woman drank four drinks weekly on average, the researchers found.

Britton said that women's intake was on average less compared to males, and it was not surprising.