%0 Journal Article %T Dose-response relative risk of injury from acute alcohol consumption in 22 countries: are women at higher risk than men? %J Alcohol and alcoholism %D 2019 %A Cherpitel, Cheryl J. %A Ye, Yu %A Monteiro, Maristela G. %V 54 %N 4 %P 396-401 %X AIMS: The risk of injury from alcohol consumption was analyzed by gender, controlling for frequency of heavy drinking occasions, and by cause of injury (traffic, violence, fall, other).

METHODS: Case-crossover analysis was conducted on 18,627 injured patients arriving at the emergency department (ED) within six hours of the event.

FINDINGS: Risk of injury was similar for females and males at ≤3 drinks prior to injury (OR = 2.74 vs. 2.76, respectively). At higher volume levels females were at greater risk than males, and significantly so at 3.1-6 drinks and 6.1-10 drinks (gender by volume interaction: OR = 0.60, CI = 0.39-0.93 and OR = 0.50, CI = 0.27-0.93, respectively). For those reporting 5+ ≥ monthly, females were at higher risk than males at all volume levels, and the gender by volume interaction was stronger than for those consuming 5+
CONCLUSIONS: Females are at higher risk of injury than males, regardless of frequency of heavy drinking and for all causes other than those related to traffic.

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