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This cross-sectional study investigated the association between alcohol consumption and MSP patterns among non-manual workers. We analysed 6847 non-manual civil servants and retirees aged 50\u201375\u2009years from the phase 7 of the British Whitehall II Cohort study. Self-reported alcohol consumption was measured as average weekly intake and an alcohol dependency score. MSP was assessed through self-reported anatomical pain sites in the upper body and their frequency. We used multiple-group latent class analysis to identify MSP patterns by age, sex, and employment status. Multinomial logistic regression was used to assess the association between alcohol and pain patterns, adjusting for covariates. There were 3651 (53.3%) reported MSP, with four patterns identified: all upper-body pain sites (6.9%), low back pain (LBP) alone (10.3%), combined LBP and cervical pain (24.8%), and upper-extremity pain (11.3%). We did not observe any significant association between alcohol consumption\/dependency and any pain patterns (Ps &amp;gt; .05). Above-moderate alcohol consumption was associated with combined LBP\/cervical pain (OR: 1.31, 95% CI: 1.05\u20131.31) among retirees. Potential alcohol dependency was associated with upper-extremity pain among women (OR: 2.04, 95% CI: 1.15\u20133.60) and early retirees (OR: 1.81, 95% CI: 1.15\u20132.84). No overall association between alcohol consumption and MSP was found. Increased spinal pain was found in retirees who exceeded recommended limits, and increased extremity pain was found in women and early retirees with potential alcohol dependency.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/eurpub\/ckaf226","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,2]],"date-time":"2025-12-02T12:54:29Z","timestamp":1764680069000},"page":"183-192","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Association between alcohol consumption and musculoskeletal pain among employed and retired British civil servants: a multiple group latent class analysis"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"36","author":[{"given":"Ziyi","family":"Zhao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London , London,","place":["United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3841-3129","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tea","family":"Lallukka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London , London,","place":["United Kingdom"]},{"name":"Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki , Helsinki,","place":["Finland"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tarani","family":"Chandola","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong,","place":["China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Annie","family":"Britton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London , London,","place":["United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026021717520982600_ckaf226-B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e424","DOI":"10.1097\/JOM.0000000000002845","article-title":"Quantifying the burden of persistent musculoskeletal pain in employees at Rolls-Royce in the United Kingdom: a Real-World Cross-Sectional survey","volume":"65","author":"Abraham","year":"2023","journal-title":"J Occup Environ Med"},{"key":"2026021717520982600_ckaf226-B2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"207","DOI":"10.35946\/arcr.v38.2.05","article-title":"Alcoholic myopathy: pathophysiologic mechanisms and clinical implications","volume":"38","author":"Simon","year":"2017","journal-title":"Alcohol Res"},{"key":"2026021717520982600_ckaf226-B3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"343","DOI":"10.1067\/mmt.2000.106866","article-title":"Alcohol and low-back pain: a systematic literature review","volume":"23","author":"Leboeuf-Yde","year":"2000","journal-title":"J Manipulative Physiol Ther"},{"key":"2026021717520982600_ckaf226-B4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"609","DOI":"10.1186\/s12891-019-3002-5","article-title":"Association between lifestyle and musculoskeletal pain: cross-sectional study among 10,000 adults from the general working population","volume":"20","author":"Kirsch Micheletti","year":"2019","journal-title":"BMC Musculoskelet Disord"},{"key":"2026021717520982600_ckaf226-B5","first-page":"5","article-title":"Modeling the multidimensional predictors of multisite musculoskeletal pain across adulthood\u2014A","volume":"9","author":"Ahlholm","year":"2021","journal-title":"Generalized Estimating Equations Approach"},{"key":"2026021717520982600_ckaf226-B6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2291","DOI":"10.1097\/j.pain.0000000000003261","article-title":"Data-driven identification of distinct pain drawing patterns and their association with clinical and psychological factors: a study of 21,123 patients with spinal pain","volume":"165","author":"Chang","year":"2024","journal-title":"Pain"},{"key":"2026021717520982600_ckaf226-B7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"452","DOI":"10.1002\/j.1532-2149.2012.00225.x","article-title":"Patterns of musculoskeletal pain in the population: a latent class analysis using a nationally representative interviewer-based survey of 4817 Danes","volume":"17","author":"Hartvigsen","year":"2013","journal-title":"Eur J Pain"},{"key":"2026021717520982600_ckaf226-B8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"183","DOI":"10.1016\/j.math.2012.10.007","article-title":"Is alcohol intake associated with low back pain? 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