RT Journal Article
T1 Identifying predictors and prevalence of alcohol consumption among university students: nine years of follow-up
A1 Moure Rodríguez, Lucía
A1 Piñeiro Lamas, María
A1 Corral Varela, María Montserrat
A1 Rodríguez Holguín, Socorro
A1 Cadaveira Mahía, Fernando
A1 Caamaño Isorna, Francisco
AB AimTo evaluate the prevalence of alcohol consumption among university students during lateadolescence and young adulthood and to identify the associated factors.Material and MethodsCohort study among university students in Spain (n = 1382). Heavy Episodic Drinking(HED) and Risky Consumption (RC) were measured with the Alcohol Use Disorders IdentificationTest (AUDIT) at ages 18, 20, 22, 24 and 27 years. Data on potential factors associatedwith alcohol use were obtained with an additional questionnaire. Multilevel logisticregression for repeated measures was used to obtain adjusted OR (Odds Ratios).ResultsThe rates of prevalence of RC were lower, but not statistically significant, in women. Theage-related changes in these rates were similar in both genders, and the prevalence of RCpeaked at 20 years. By contrast, the prevalence of HED was significantly lower in womenand peaked at 18 years in women and at 22 years in men. Multivariate models showed thatearly age of onset of alcohol use (OR = 10.6 and OR = 6.9 for women; OR = 8.3 andOR = 8.2 for men) and positive expectations about alcohol (OR = 7.8 and OR = 4.5 forwomen; OR = 3.6 and OR = 3.3 for men) were the most important risk factors for RC andHED. Living away from the family home was also a risk factor for both consumption patternsamong women (OR = 3.16 and OR = 2.34), while a high maternal education level was a riskfactor for RC among both genders (OR = 1.62 for women; OR = 2.49 for men).ConclusionsAlcohol consumption decreases significantly at the end of youth, with higher rates of prevalenceand a later peak among men. Prevention strategies should focus on beliefs and expectations about alcohol and on delaying the age of onset. Women are at particular riskfor these consumption patterns if they live away from their parents. Belonging to a highincomefamily is a strong risk factor for RC
PB PLOS
YR 2016
FD 2016-11-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16301
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16301
LA eng
NO Moure-Rodríguez L, Piñeiro M, Corral Varela M, Rodríguez-Holguín S, Cadaveira F, Caamaño-Isorna F (2016) Identifying Predictors and Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption among University Students: Nine Years of Follow-Up. PLoS ONE 11(11): e0165514. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0165514
NO Funding for this study was provided by the Spanish National Plan on Drugs (PND, SPI/3462/2010). PND played no further role in this study
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