TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Can we assess blood alcohol levels of attendees leaving professional sporting events?
JO  - Alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
A1  - Erickson, Darin J.
A1  - Toomey, Traci L.
A1  - Lenk, Kathleen M.
A1  - Kilian, Gunna R.
A1  - Fabian, Lindsey E. A.
SP  - 689
EP  - 694
VL  - 35
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: We measured blood alcohol content (BAC) levels of attendees at professional sporting events and assessed the factors associated with higher BACs. <br><br>METHODS: We conducted BAC tests of 362 adult attendees following 13 baseball games and three American football games. We ran multivariate analyses to obtain factors associated with the risk of having a higher BAC. <br><br>RESULTS: In this assessment, 40% of the participants had a positive BAC, ranging from 0.005 to 0.217. Those who reported tailgating before the event had 14 times the odds of having a BAC > 0.08 and those under age 35 had nearly 8 times the odds of having a BAC > 0.08 (both compared to a zero BAC). Attendees of Monday night football games were more likely to have positive BACs compared to attendees at all other games. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: We found that it is feasible to assess BAC levels of attendees at professional sporting events. Our findings suggest that a significant number of attendees at professional sporting events may have elevated BAC levels, particularly young adults and those who participated in tailgating activities. Further research using a representative sample is warranted to confirm the findings from this preliminary study.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-6008
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01386.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -