@article{ref1,
title="Transitions to and from at-risk alcohol use in adults in the United States",
journal="Journal of substance use",
year="2019",
author="Saitz, Richard and Heeren, Timothy C. and Zha, Wenxing and Hingson, Ralph",
volume="24",
number="1",
pages="41-46",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: The objective of this research was to study transitions to and from at-risk alcohol use. <br><br>METHODS: Logistic regression analyses (done 2015-2016) assessed transitions to and from past-year at-risk drinking in a representative sample of U.S. adults surveyed twice (in 2001-2 and 2004-5). <br><br>RESULTS: Among 34,653 adults, 28% reported at-risk use at time 1. Of those, 73% had at-risk use at time 2. Of those without at-risk use at time 1, 15% reported at-risk use at time 2. Positive high-risk drinking transition predictors were, at time 1, being young, male, white, childless, in good to excellent health, ever smoking, using drugs, military membership (time 1 but not 2), and becoming divorced or separated by time 2. Positive low-risk drinking transition predictors were being elderly (age ≥65), female, non-white, never smoking or using drugs, no alcohol use disorder, alcohol treatment, and, after time 1, having children. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Many adults transition to and from at-risk alcohol use; youth is the strongest positive predictor of transition to at-risk and not transitioning to low-risk drinking. Persons transitioning to legal drinking age are most likely to transition to high-risk and least likely to low-risk drinking.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1465-9891",
doi="10.1080/14659891.2018.1497101",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2018.1497101"
}