Journal article
Drinking patterns of adolescents who develop alcohol use disorders: Results from the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study
CA Olsson, H Romaniuk, J Salinger, PK Staiger, Y Bonomo, C Hulbert, GC Patton
BMJ Open | Published : 2016
Abstract
Objective: We identify drinking styles that place teens at greatest risk of later alcohol use disorders (AUD). Design: Population-based cohort study. Setting: Victoria, Australia. Participants: A representative sample of 1943 adolescents living in Victoria in 1992. Outcome measures: Teen drinking was assessed at 6 monthly intervals (5 waves) between mean ages 14.9 and 17.4 years and summarised across waves as none, one, or two or more waves of: (1) frequent drinking (3+ days in the past week), (2) loss of control over drinking (difficulty stopping, amnesia), (3) binge drinking (5+ standard drinks in a day) and (4) heavy binge drinking (20+ and 11+ standard drinks in a day for males and femal..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The project has been funded for consecutive waves of data collection through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia. Preparation of this paper was supported by The Financial Markets for Children Foundation. CAO is funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Principal Research Fellowship (DP130101459). GCP is funded by a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship.