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Factors associated with alcohol consumption patterns in a Puerto Rican urban cohort.
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Public health nutrition [Public Health Nutr] 2015 Feb; Vol. 18 (3), pp. 464-73. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Apr 08. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Objective: There is little research on factors associated with alcohol consumption among Puerto Ricans living in the USA; thus the aim of the present study was to examine alcohol intake patterns, and factors associated with drinking categories, in a cohort of Puerto Rican adults in Massachusetts.<br />Design: Cross-sectional study. Descriptive and polytomous logistic regression analyses were used to identify factors associated with drinking patterns, stratified by gender.<br />Setting: Greater Boston area, MA, USA.<br />Subjects: Puerto Rican adults (n 1292), aged 45-75 years.<br />Results: Eight per cent of men and 39% of women were lifetime abstainers; 40% of men and 25% of women were former drinkers; 31 % of men and 27% of women were moderate drinkers; and 21% of men and 8% of women were heavy drinkers. Thirty-five per cent of participants reported drinking alcohol while taking medications with alcohol contraindications. After multivariable adjustment, young men were less likely than older men to be moderate drinkers. Among women, higher BMI, age, lower income and lower psychological acculturation were associated with abstention; age and lower perceived emotional support were associated with increased likelihood of former drinking; and women without v. with diabetes were more likely to be heavy drinkers.<br />Conclusions: High prevalence of chronic disease, heavy drinking and alcohol use while taking medications with alcohol contraindications suggest an urgent need for better screening and interventions tailored to this rapidly growing Hispanic national subgroup. As heavy drinking appears to increase with acculturation for women, public health initiatives are needed to support appropriate alcohol use.
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- Acculturation
Aged
Alcohol Drinking ethnology
Alcohol Drinking psychology
Alcoholic Beverages adverse effects
Alcoholism ethnology
Alcoholism psychology
Boston epidemiology
Cohort Studies
Contraindications
Cross-Sectional Studies
Ethanol
Female
Food-Drug Interactions
Health Surveys
Hispanic or Latino
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Compliance
Prevalence
Puerto Rico ethnology
Risk
Sex Factors
Aging
Alcohol Drinking epidemiology
Alcoholism epidemiology
Urban Health ethnology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1475-2727
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Public health nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24713083
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980014000433