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Alcohol in food during childhood exposure as a risk factor for heavy drinking when adults: a case‐control study in Europe
Author(s) -
Gregori Dario,
Ghidina Marco,
Morpurgo Giada,
Zobec Federica
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.561.9
Subject(s) - alcohol , environmental health , risk factor , heavy drinking , medicine , family history , case control study , early childhood , demography , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , developmental psychology , biology , biochemistry , sociology
A case control study, matched by gender and age has been conducted in Germany to understand if exposure to food containing alcohol during childhood is associated with an increased risk of heavy drinking when adult. One hundred fifty former ethilists where enrolled in the study and matched by age and gender with 150 no‐ or moderate‐users of alcohol. People were deeply interviewed by expert psychologists, and history of risk factors related to ethilism where derived (maternal alcohol drinking, familiar environment, personal event history, …). Exposure to food containing alcohol was not significantly different between ethilists and non alcohol drinking people (11% vs, 9% respectively where eating food with alcohol during childhood, P‐value NS). No significant effect of exposure to food containing alcohol during childhood on the risk of ethilism was detected even after adjusting for other known risk factors in a multivariable analysis.