Does binge drinking between the age of 18 and 25 years predict alcohol dependence in adulthood? A retrospective case-control study in France.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A retrospective case-control study was conducted to evaluate whether frequent binge drinking between the age of 18 and 25 years was a risk factor for alcohol dependence in adulthood.

Setting

The Department of Addictive Medicine and the Clinical Investigation Center of a university hospital in France.

Participants

Cases were alcohol-dependent patients between 25 and 45 years and diagnosed by a psychiatrist. Consecutive patients referred to the Department of Addictive Medicine of a university hospital between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2017 for alcohol dependence were included in the study. Controls were non-alcohol-dependent adults, defined according to an Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test score of less than 8, and were matched on age and sex with

SUBMITTER: Tavolacci MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6501952 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature