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ArticlePloS one2022

Social, psychological and health characteristics associated with stability and change in adult alcohol consumption.

Martin Ekholm Michelsen, Marie Grønkjær, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Cathrine Lawaetz Wimmelmann

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Martin Ekholm MichelsenUnit of Medical Psychology, Section of Environmental Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Marie GrønkjærUnit of Medical Psychology, Section of Environmental Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Erik Lykke MortensenUnit of Medical Psychology, Section of Environmental Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6985-451X
Cathrine Lawaetz WimmelmannUnit of Medical Psychology, Section of Environmental Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Abstract

backgroundMany studies analyzing health effects of alcohol consumption have operationalized alcohol intake from a single baseline measure without further follow-up. Consequently, there is a lack of knowledge about stability and change in alcohol consumption over the life course and the social, psychological, lifestyle, and health characteristics associated with different alcohol consumption trajectories.

objectivesThe aims of the study were to describe the prevalence of different adult-life alcohol consumption trajectories among Danish men and to analyze social, psychological, lifestyle and health characteristics associated with these trajectories.

methodsFor 2510 Danish men, retrospective decade-based information on alcohol consumption during life period 26-60 years was obtained in late midlife and information on individual characteristics was obtained in young adulthood, late midlife and from national hospital registries. The men were allocated to one of six a priori defined alcohol consumption trajectories.

resultsAbout 65% of Danish men had a stable moderate consumption, drinking 1-21 units weekly while the five other consumption trajectories were comparatively rare: 3% stable abstainers, 4.7% stable high-risk drinkers, 10.9% with increasing and 12.7% with decreasing consumption. Moderate consumption over the adult life-course was associated with the most favorable social, psychological, lifestyle and health characteristics while the other trajectories were generally associated with less favorable characteristics to varying degrees-e. g. this was the case for the stable abstaining trajectory and in particular the trajectory with decreasing consumption.

conclusionThe findings suggest that the majority of Danish men drink moderately in the life period from young adulthood to late midlife, and deviance from this 'normal' moderate consumption trajectory is associated with less favorable social, psychological, lifestyle and health characteristics. Some of these characteristics may influence alcohol consumption patterns, but for some of the trajectories, alcohol consumption may influence health as well as social and psychological functioning.

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Alcohol DrinkingLife StyleAdultHumansLife Change EventsMaleRetrospective StudiesYoung Adult

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