The stability of baseline-defined categories of alcohol consumption during the adult life-course: a 28-year prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Studies that report the relationship between alcohol consumption and disease risk have predominantly operationalized drinking according to a single baseline measure. The resulting assumption of longitudinal stability may be simplistic and complicate interpretation of risk estimates. This study aims to describe changes to the volume of consumption during the adult life-course according to baseline categories of drinking.

Design

A prospective observational study.

Setting

United Kingdom.

Participants

A cohort of British civil servants totalling 6838 men and 3372 women aged 34-55 years at baseline, followed for a mean 19.1 (standard deviation = 9.5) years.

Measurements

The volume of weekly alcohol consumption was estimated from data conce

SUBMITTER: Knott CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5725237 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature