Associations between occupation and heavy alcohol consumption in UK adults aged 40-69 years: a cross-sectional study using the UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the relationship between occupation and alcohol use offers opportunities to provide health promotion programmes based on evidence of need. We aimed to determine associations between occupation and heavy alcohol consumption in working individuals aged 40-69 years.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted using 100,817 people from the UK Biobank: 17,907 participants categorised as heavy drinkers, defined as > 35 units/week for women and > 50 units/week for men, and 82,910 drinking controls. Prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95% CIs were calculated for gender-specific heavy drinking in 353 occupations using Standard Occupational Classification, V.2000.

Results

Seventy-seven occupations were associated with level of alcohol consumption in drinkers.

SUBMITTER: Thompson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7903617 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature