Reported Beverage Consumed and Alcohol-Related Diseases among Male Hospital Inpatients with Problem Drinking

Authors: Coder, Beate; Freyer-Adam, Jennis; Lau, Katharina; Riedel, Jeannette; Rumpf, Hans-Jrgen; Meyer, Christian; John, Ulrich; Hapke, Ulfert

Source: Alcohol and Alcoholism, Volume 44, Number 2, 21 October 2009 , pp. 216-221(6)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Aims: The aim of this study was to examine if problem drinkers have varying risks of having alcohol-related diseases according to their reported beverage consumed. Methods: In a cross-sectional study all consecutive inpatients aged 18 64 years from four general hospitals of one catchment area were systematically screened for alcohol use. A total of 1011 men with problem drinking were used for this study. Routine treatment diagnoses for all participants were provided by hospital physicians and were classified into three categories according to their alcohol-attributable fractions (AAF; AAF 0; AAF < 1; AAF 1). Results: According to their reported beverage consumed, 53.0 of the participants were identified as exclusively beer drinkers, 14.1 exclusively spirits drinkers, 26.0 mixed beer and spirits drinkers and 6.9 individuals drinking wine exclusively or in combination with one or two other beverages (mixed wine drinkers). Compared to spirits drinkers and controlling for possible confounders (i.e. alcohol-associated characteristics, demographic variables), multinomial regressions revealed that beer drinkers, mixed beer and spirits drinkers, and mixed wine drinkers had lower odds of having diseases with AAF 1 than spirits drinkers (e.g. for AAF 1: beer versus spirits drinkers: OR 0.42, CI: 0.250.72). Beer drinkers and mixed wine drinkers also had lower odds of having diseases with AAF < 1 than spirits drinkers (e.g. mixed wine versus spirits drinkers: OR 0.36, CI: 0.180.72). Conclusions: These data suggest an association between the reported beverage consumed and alcohol-related diseases. Among hospitalized problem drinkers, spirits drinkers had the greatest risk of having diseases with AAF < 1 and with AAF 1.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agn113

Publication date: 2009-10-21

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Alcohol and Alcoholism publishes papers on biomedical, psychological and sociological aspects of alcoholism and alcohol research, provided that they make a new and significant contribution to knowledge in the field. Papers include new results obtained experimentally, descriptions of new experimental (including clinical) methods of importance to the field of alcohol research and treatment, or new interpretations of existing results. Theoretical contributions are considered equally with papers dealing with experimental work provided that such theoretical contribution are not of a largely speculative or philosophical nature. Alcohol and Alcoholism is the official journal of the Medical Council on Alcohol.

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