Risky Alcohol Drinking Pattern and Its Association with Educational Attainment and Wealth Index among Adult Men Population in Ethiopia: Further Analysis of 2016 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey

Risky alcohol drinking is one of the major public health problems and an important health risk factor for premature death and disability worldwide. Identifying the determinants of risky alcohol drinking patterns is crucial for developing and improving intervention on drinking behavior. In Ethiopia, the role of educational attainment and affluence in reducing risky alcohol drinking patterns among men remains unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the association of educational status and affluence with risky alcohol drinking patterns using national representative data in Ethiopia. Secondary data analysis was conducted on 12,688 adult men using data from the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic Health Survey (EDHS). The dependent variable was a risky alcohol drinking pattern which is defined as the consumption of alcohol every day in the last 12 months before the interview. Multivariable logistic regression was employed to assess the association between educational attainment, Ethiopian standard wealth index, and risky alcohol drinking pattern, after adjusting for the potential confounders. The overall magnitude of risky alcohol drinking patterns among men in Ethiopia was 4.5% (95% CI: 3.4–5.9). Of the total men who had ever taken alcohol, 9.7% of men drink almost every day in the last 12 months. The odds of having a risky alcohol drinking pattern were lower among men who completed secondary education (AOR = 0.56 (0.329–0.961)) and men who completed higher education levels (AOR = 0.35 (0.164–0.765)) as compared to men who did not attend any formal education. Adult men in the top two wealth quintiles were twice more likely to have risky alcohol drinking patterns than those in the lowest wealth quintile (AOR = 2.13 (1.254–3.605)). This study showed that from the total adult male population, nearly 5% of Ethiopian men had risky drinking patterns. Individuals with low educational status and greater affluence engaged in high-risk alcohol consumption behavior.

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Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Indicators of Risky Alcohol-drinking Patterns

Alcohol and Alcoholism ◽

10.1093/alcalc/ags129 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 207-214 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Tapio Paljärvi ◽

Sakari Suominen ◽

Josip Car ◽

Markku Koskenvuo

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Drinking ◽

Socioeconomic Disadvantage ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Risky Alcohol ◽

Alcohol Drinking Patterns

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Study Links Diet Quality with Alcohol Drinking Patterns

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e478002006-001 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Diet Quality ◽

Alcohol Drinking ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Alcohol Drinking Patterns

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Association of Alcohol Drinking Patterns with Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components in Korean Adults: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2016–2018

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18126433 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (12) ◽

pp. 6433

Author(s):

Seung Won Lee ◽

Sung-In Jang

Keyword(s):

Metabolic Syndrome ◽

Binge Drinking ◽

Alcohol Drinking ◽

Hdl Cholesterol ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Korean Adults ◽

Alcohol Drinking Patterns ◽

Drinking Frequency

This study examined the association of alcohol drinking patterns with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components in a nationally representative sample of South Korean adults. The cross-sectional study included 12,830 current drinkers (6438 men and 6392 women) who were at least 20 years old. Measures of alcohol drinking patterns included average drinking frequency, usual quantity, and binge drinking frequency over the past year. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to estimate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for MetS and its components according to alcohol drinking patterns, and also to examine linear trends in these relationships. The prevalence of MetS was 1822 (26.2%) in men and 1313 (17.5%) in women. After adjusting for potential confounding factors, drinking quantity and binge drinking frequency were positively associated with MetS in both sexes. Regarding components of MetS, while the risk of low HDL cholesterol decreased as drinking frequency increased, other MetS components (abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, and impaired fasting glucose) worsened. Our results suggest that separate management of each component of MetS will be required to protect cardio-metabolic health, and a healthy drinking culture that refrains from binge drinking should be established in the context of public health.

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Sex Differences in Alcohol Drinking Patterns During Forced and Voluntary Consumption in Rats

Alcohol ◽

10.1016/s0741-8329(99)00010-5 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 15-22 ◽

Cited By ~ 70

Author(s):

Jorge Juárez ◽

Eliana Barrios De Tomasi

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Alcohol Drinking ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Alcohol Drinking Patterns

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Alcohol Consumption at Any Level Increases Risk of Injury Caused by Others: Data from the Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health

Substance Abuse Research and Treatment ◽

10.4137/sart.s23549 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 9s2 ◽

pp. SART.S23549 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Thomas Clausen ◽

Priscilla Martinez ◽

Andy Towers ◽

Thomas Greenfield ◽

Paul Kowal

Keyword(s):

High Risk ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Older Adult ◽

Emerging Economies ◽

Alcohol Drinking ◽

Adult Health ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Risk Of Injury ◽

Alcohol Drinking Patterns ◽

Global Ageing

Background Alcohol use is a well-known risk factor for injury. However, information is needed about alcohol drinking patterns and the risk of injury among older adults in low- and middle-income countries as this population grows. We aimed to examine the influence of drinking patterns on the burden of injury and investigate factors associated with different types of injury in older populations in six emerging economies. Methods Data from more than 37,0 adults aged 50 years and older were included from the Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) Wave 1 conducted in six emerging economies, namely, China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa. We investigated past-year reported injuries from falls, traffic accidents, and being hit or stabbed. Alcohol drinking patterns were measured as lifetime abstinence, ever but not past- week use, and gender-specific past-week low-risk and high-risk use. We stratified by gender and used logistic regression models to observe the association between alcohol drinking pattern and risk of injury by controlling for other factors. Results During the year prior to interview, 627 (2.2%) subjects reported bodily injury resulting from a car accident, 1,156 (4.2%) from a fall, and 339 (.9%) from being hit or stabbed during the past year. For women, only being a high-risk drinker increased the risk of being hit or stabbed, whereas for men, all levels of drinking were associated with an increased risk of being hit or stabbed. We observed a higher risk of being hit or stabbed from past-week high-risk drinking among women (odds ratio [OR] = 6.09, P < 0.01) than among men (OR = 3.57, P < 0.01). We observed no association between alcohol drinking pattern and injury due to car accidents for either women or men. Conclusions The risk of experiencing injury due to violence increased with level of alcohol exposure of the victim. The increase in alcohol use in emerging economies calls for further study into the consequences of alcohol use and for public health initiatives to reduce the risk of violence in older adult populations, with special attention to the experience of older adult women.

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Relevance of the body mass index in the cognitive status of diabetic patients with different alcohol-drinking patterns

Archives of Biological Sciences ◽

10.2298/abs1401347t ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 66 (1) ◽

pp. 347-353

Author(s):

Serban Lacramioara ◽

Cristina Toarba ◽

Simona Hogas ◽

A. Covic ◽

A. Ciobica ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cognitive Function ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Alcohol Drinking ◽

The Body ◽

Control Group ◽

Diabetic Patients ◽

Inverse Association ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Alcohol Drinking Patterns ◽

The Relationship

Nowadays the general relevance of alcohol consumption in diabetes is extremely controversial. There are recent reports that alcohol consumption could result in a decreased incidence of diabetes, as well as other studies demonstrating a positive association between alcohol consumption and type 2 diabetes; there are also reports arguing for an inverse association between the two or for no correlation at all. The different results obtained in these studies could be explained by the existence of several confounders that could influence the outcome of the aforementioned studies. In this paper, we studied the possible relevance of BMI as a confounder in the relationship between alcohol consumption in diabetes and cognitive function, by analyzing the correlations between BMI values in diabetic patients with different alcohol drinking patterns and the subdomains from some main psychometric tests, such as MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination) and MOCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment). Our results provide evidence for BMI as a possible confounder of the relationship between alcohol consumption in diabetes and cognitive function. We found a significant increase (p<0.0001) in BMI values in patients with diabetes compared to our control group. Most importantly, significant correlations between BMI parameters in alcohol-consuming diabetic patients and most of the subdomains for psychometric testing.

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