TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol consumption with age
T2 - A cross-sectional and longitudinal study of the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study, 1987-1995
AU - Eigenbrodt, Marsha L.
AU - Mosley, Thomas H.
AU - Hutchinson, Richard G.
AU - Watson, Robert L.
AU - Chambless, Lloyd E.
AU - Szklo, Moyses
N1 - Funding Information:
Support for this research was provided by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute contracts N01-HC-55015, N01-HC-55016, N01-HC 55018, N01-HC-55019, N01-HC-55020, N01-HC-55021, and N01-HC55022. Support was also provided to the lead author (M. L. E.) by a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Research Service Award grant (5T32HL07055) from the National Institutes of Health, Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology Training Program.
PY - 2001/6/1
Y1 - 2001/6/1
N2 - Previous cross-sectional and longitudinal studies assessing the association between age and drinking are inconsistent. Evaluating 15,425 Black and White men and women from four communities, this study sought to determine whether there was a consistent relation between age and drinking in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses and to determine change in drinking status and level of consumption (occasional, light to moderate, and heavier drinkers) at follow-up. Cross-sectional analyses of drinking were performed for Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities examinations 1 (1987-1989) and 3 (1993-1995). The changes in drinking status and level were determined for the 12,565 persons with information at both examinations. Prevalence of drinking was generally inversely associated with age in the cross-sectional analyses for all ethnic/gender groups, and drinking prevalence decreased over the 6 years of follow-up for all except Black women. Only among Black drinkers was younger age associated with a higher level of alcohol consumption in both cross-sectional and prospective analyses. Thus, whether drinking prevalence declines, the amount consumed by drinkers is decreased, or whether both factors contribute to the decrease appears to vary with ethnicity and gender. The change in drinking level was substantial with more than 40% of baseline drinkers reporting drinking cessation or a different level of consumption at follow-up.
AB - Previous cross-sectional and longitudinal studies assessing the association between age and drinking are inconsistent. Evaluating 15,425 Black and White men and women from four communities, this study sought to determine whether there was a consistent relation between age and drinking in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses and to determine change in drinking status and level of consumption (occasional, light to moderate, and heavier drinkers) at follow-up. Cross-sectional analyses of drinking were performed for Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities examinations 1 (1987-1989) and 3 (1993-1995). The changes in drinking status and level were determined for the 12,565 persons with information at both examinations. Prevalence of drinking was generally inversely associated with age in the cross-sectional analyses for all ethnic/gender groups, and drinking prevalence decreased over the 6 years of follow-up for all except Black women. Only among Black drinkers was younger age associated with a higher level of alcohol consumption in both cross-sectional and prospective analyses. Thus, whether drinking prevalence declines, the amount consumed by drinkers is decreased, or whether both factors contribute to the decrease appears to vary with ethnicity and gender. The change in drinking level was substantial with more than 40% of baseline drinkers reporting drinking cessation or a different level of consumption at follow-up.
KW - Aging
KW - Alcohol drinking
KW - Prevalence
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U2 - 10.1093/aje/153.11.1102
DO - 10.1093/aje/153.11.1102
M3 - Article
C2 - 11390330
AN - SCOPUS:0035371458
SN - 0002-9262
VL - 153
SP - 1102
EP - 1111
JO - American journal of epidemiology
JF - American journal of epidemiology
IS - 11
ER -