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Citation
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Albers AB, Siegel M, Ramirez RL, Ross C, Dejong W, Jernigan DH. Am. J. Public Health 2015; 105(4): 810-815. |
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Affiliation
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Alison Burke Albers, Michael Siegel, and William DeJong are with the Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Rebecca L. Ramirez and David H. Jernigan are with the Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Craig Ross is with Fiorente Media Inc, Natick, MA. |
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Abstract
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OBJECTIVEs. We examined associations between consumption of different types of flavored alcoholic beverages (FABs) and risky drinking and drinking-related harms among underage drinkers.
METHODS. For the Alcohol Brand Research among Underage Youth study, we applied multivariable logistic regression analyses to data from underage drinkers (n = 1031, aged 13-20 years), recruited from a national Internet panel in 2011 to 2012, to estimate associations between consumption of malt-based drinks; spirits-based, premixed- or ready-to-drink cocktails; and supersized alcopops, alone or in combination, and alcohol-related outcomes.
RESULTS. After adjustment for confounding variables, the exclusive consumption of alcopops was associated with episodic heavy drinking (odds ratio [OR] = 4.35; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.24, 15.31; P < .05) and alcohol-related injuries (OR = 6.25; 95% CI = 1.34, 29.10; P < .05). Exclusive consumption of cocktails was associated with episodic heavy drinking (odds ratio [OR] = 2.61; 95% CI = 1.26, 5.41; P < .05) and injuries requiring medical attention (OR = 6.50; 95% CI = 2.09, 20.17; P < .001. Exclusive consumption of 2 or more FABs was associated with episodic heavy drinking (OR = 2.78; 95% CI = 1.25, 6.16; P < .05), fighting (OR = 3.30; 95% CI = 1.46, 7.47; P < .001), and alcohol-related injuries (OR = 2.83; 95% CI = 1.43, 5.58; P < .001).
CONCLUSIONS. FABs present an emerging public health problem among youths. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print February 25, 2015: e1-e6. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302349).
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