@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of hazardous drinking among UK 18-35 year olds; the impact of a revision to the AUDIT cut score",
journal="Alcohol and alcoholism",
year="2015",
author="Patton, Robert and Boniface, Sadie",
volume="51",
number="3",
pages="281-282",
abstract="AIM: Most published research utilizes an AUDIT score of >8 as the threshold for hazardous drinking. Recent research suggests that this limit should be amended for younger drinkers (aged 18-35 years). This study aimed to explore the effect of a revision to AUDIT cut scores. <br><br>METHOD: Applying Foxcroft et al.'s [(2015) Accuracy of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test for detecting problem drinking in 18-35 year-olds in England: method comparison study. Alcohol Alcohol 50, 244-50] suggested cut off scores of nine for males and four for females to the most recent Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (2007) data. <br><br>RESULTS: This more than doubles the prevalence of female hazardous drinkers, and significantly increases the overall rate for that age group when compared with the standard threshold of >8. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The prevalence of hazardous drinking among females ages 18-30 may be significantly higher than current estimates.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-0414",
doi="10.1093/alcalc/agv115",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agv115"
}