Associations between major depressive symptoms and drinking onset: Do sex and age matter?

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been mixed evidence about whether major depression predicts drinking onset. Empirical evidence about whether the heterogeneity of major depressive symptoms differentially predicts drinking onset is scarce, and potential sex- and age-variations have not been fully studied. In this study, we estimate sex- and age-specific relationships linking (a) depressed mood and/or anhedonia with drinking onset among all 'at-risk' individuals and (b) three latent depressive constructs, manifested by 13 clinical features, with drinking onset among individuals with depressed mood and/or anhedonia.

Methods

Study population was non-institutionalized civilian residents 12 years of age and older living in the United States. Major depressive symptoms and drinking onset were a

SUBMITTER: Cheng HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7103543 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature