The interactive effect of location, alcohol consumption and non-traffic injury.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aimed to assess the extent to which the association between recent alcohol consumption and risk of non-traffic injury varies according to location at the time of the injury.

Design

Case-cross-over design.

Setting and participants

A total of 15 625 injury patients from 49 emergency departments (EDs) in 22 countries.

Measurements

Recent alcohol consumption and location at the time of the injury were assessed for when the injury occurred and for the same time 1 week prior to this. The confounding and interactive effects of location were examined by estimating the adjusted odds ratio (OR) of injury from alcohol consumption adjusting for location and then by examining the alcohol consumption × location interaction.

Findings

There were significa

SUBMITTER: Ye Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7390699 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature