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

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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The patterns of alcohol use among Warsaw adolescents across 20 years - from 1988 to 2008

The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research ◽

10.7895/ijadr.v2i2.102 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 37-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn ◽

Anna Borucka

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Use ◽

Alcohol Drinking ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Moderate Drinking ◽

Social Drinkers ◽

The Past ◽

Social Drinking ◽

The Social ◽

Alcohol Drinking Patterns ◽

Clear Differentiation

Okulicz-Kozaryn, K. & Borucka, A. (2013). Patterns of alcohol use among Warsaw adolescents across 20 years—from 1988 to 2008. International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 2(2), 37-44. doi: 10.7895/ijadr.v2i2.102 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.v2i2.102)Aim: The study investigates patterns of alcohol drinking among 15-year-old Polish students in Warsaw over the past 20 years.Methods: Data were collected from six consecutive surveys, beginning in 1988 (N = 3918) and conducted every four years (in 2008, N = 1229).Results: Two-step cluster analysis across all six consecutive surveys indicated a clear differentiation of the social context of adolescent alcohol drinking patterns. Adolescents are least likely to drink alcohol alone (< 5%) or heavily with peers (< 10%), more likely to drink with parents (15%-20%), in moderate amounts with peers (11%-28%) or not at all (11%-27%), and most likely to be light social drinkers (30%-46%). Cross-gender comparisons suggest that traditional gender differences are fading away; the data show increases in moderate social drinking among females and abstinence among males.Conclusions: Our results confirm that adolescents’ patterns of alcohol use are stable over time, despite the social and political changes that have occurred in Poland since 1988, and reflect a pattern of mostly moderate drinking.

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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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Increases in Risky Drinking During the COVID-19 Pandemic Assessed via Longitudinal Cohort Design: Associations With Racial Tensions, Financial Distress, Psychological Distress and Virus-Related Fears

Alcohol and Alcoholism ◽

10.1093/alcalc/agab019 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

William V Lechner ◽

Natasha K Sidhu ◽

Jackson T Jin ◽

Ahmad A Kittaneh ◽

Kimberly R Laurene ◽

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Keyword(s):

Psychological Distress ◽

High Risk ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Financial Distress ◽

Daily Life ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Risky Drinking ◽

Factors Associated ◽

High Risk Drinking ◽

Over Time

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has created disruptions to daily life resulting in wide-spread unemployment and psychological distress. Recent studies have reported high rates of alcohol use during this time; however, longitudinal data remain scarce and factors associated with increases in high-risk drinking observed over time are unknown. Aims The current study examined changes in high-risk drinking patterns across four 7-day observation periods, prior to and following a university wide campus closure. Additionally, factors associated with changes in alcohol use patterns were examined including financial distress, psychological distress, impact of racial tensions and virus-related fears. Method Students (N = 1001) in the Midwestern USA completed repeated assessments between March and June 2020. Each survey included a timeline follow-back measure of alcohol use. Pandemic-related distress spanning several factors was assessed at the final follow-up. Results Risky drinking patterns increased significantly over time. Overall, psychological distress and impact of racial tensions were associated with higher rates of risky drinking, whereas COVID-19-related fears were associated with lower rates. However, only financial-related distress was associated with an increase in risky drinking patterns over time. Conclusions Increased risky drinking patterns observed in the current study may signal problems that are likely to persist even after the direct impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on daily life ends. Individuals experiencing financial distress may represent a particularly high-risk group. Interventions targeting the cross-section of job loss, financial stress and problematic alcohol use will be important to identify.

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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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