2022-06-09 テキサス大学オースチン校(UT Austin)
Most cases of binge drinking occurred among individuals who were average moderate drinkers. Credit: Louis Hansel/ Unsplash.
成人の全国サンプルを分析した結果、暴飲暴食のパターンを持つ中程度の平均的飲酒者は、複数のアルコール問題を経験する可能性がほぼ5倍、9年後にさらにアルコール問題を経験する可能性は2倍であることを発見しました。適度な飲酒とは、平均して1日に女性で1杯、男性で2杯までしか飲まないことと定義されています。暴飲暴食とは、同じ機会に5杯以上の飲酒をすることと定義されています。
この研究は、American Journal of Preventive Medicine誌に掲載されました。この研究は、成人における大量飲酒が公衆衛生上の懸念であるという認識の高まりと、そのような飲酒に対処するための公衆衛生上の努力の強化を支持するものです。
<関連情報>
- https://news.utexas.edu/2022/06/09/binge-drinking-raises-risk-of-alcohol-problems-even-for-moderate-drinkers/
- https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(22)00178-7/fulltext
中等度平均レベルの飲酒者における暴飲暴食とアルコール問題
Binge Drinking and Alcohol Problems Among Moderate Average-Level Drinkers
Charles J. Holahan, Carole K. Holahan, Rudolf H. Moos,
American Journal of Preventive Medicine Published:June 09, 2022
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2022.03.021
Introduction
A significant amount of binge drinking among adults escapes public health scrutiny because it occurs among individuals who drink at a moderate average level. This observational study examined the role of a binge pattern of drinking in predicting alcohol problems among moderate drinkers in a U.S. national sample of adults.
Methods
Participants were 1,229 current drinkers aged ≥30 years from 2 waves of the study of Midlife Development in the United States, with a 9-year time lag (2004–2015) (analyzed in 2021‒2022). Negative binomial regression analyses were used to examine the number of alcohol problems, and binary logistic regression analyses were used to examine multiple (≥2) alcohol problems.
Results
Independent of the average level of drinking, binge drinking was linked with an almost 3 times increase in the number of concurrent alcohol problems and a 40% increase in the number of alcohol problems prospectively 9 years later. Moderate average level drinkers accounted for most cases of binge drinking and multiple alcohol problems. Among moderate drinkers, binge drinking was linked with a close to 5 times increase in concurrent multiple alcohol problems and a >2 times increase in multiple alcohol problems prospectively 9 years later.
Conclusions
These results substantially broaden an increasing recognition that binge drinking is a public health concern among adults. Moderate average-level drinkers should be included in efforts to reduce alcohol problems in adults. These findings are applicable to primary and secondary prevention of alcohol problems with the potential to advance population health.
