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High-Intensity Drinking Versus Heavy Episodic Drinking: Prevalence Rates and Relative Odds of Alcohol Use Disorder Across Adulthood
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Linden-Carmichael, Ashley N. Vasilenko, Sara A. Lanza, Stephanie T. Maggs, Jennifer L. |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Description | Journal: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Heavy episodic drinking (HED) or consuming 4+/5+ drinks in 1 occasion for women/men is linked consistently with alcohol-related harms. Recent research suggests that many individuals drink at levels more than twice this cutoff (8+/10+ drinks), commonly referred to as "high-intensity drinking." Prevalence rates of high-intensity drinking and its dynamic association with alcohol use disorder (AUD) across all ages, however, remain unknown. The current study used data from a nationally representative sample to document age-varying prevalence rates of HED-only drinking and high-intensity drinking, prevalence rates of AUD for HED-only drinkers and high-intensity drinkers, and relative odds of experiencing an AUD for high-intensity drinkers as compared to HED-only drinkers. Data were from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III. The final analytic sample consisted of past-year drinkers aged 18 to 64 years (n = 22,776). Time-varying effect modeling revealed that high-intensity drinking and HED-only drinking were equally prevalent during young adulthood and prevalence rates of both types of drinking generally became less common with increasing age. At all ages, high-intensity drinkers were at 3 or more times greater odds of meeting criteria for an AUD than HED-only drinkers. The association between high-intensity relative to HED-only drinking was strongest earlier in adulthood with approximately 83% of 18-year-old high-intensity drinkers having AUD relative to 42% of HED-only drinkers. Future research aiming to identify drinkers most at risk of harms and in need of treatment may benefit from assessing the extent to which an individual exceeds the 8+/10+ threshold of drinking. |
| Related Links | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5626636/pdf |
| Ending Page | 1759 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Starting Page | 1754 |
| e-ISSN | 15300277 |
| DOI | 10.1111/acer.13475 |
| Journal | Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research |
| Issue Number | 10 |
| Volume Number | 41 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Publisher Date | 2017-09-05 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Substance Abuse Alcohol Use Disorder Heavy Episodic Drinking High-intensity Drinking Time-varying Effect Modeling Young Adults |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
