Daily-level analysis of drinking intensity and acute physical consequences.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examined associations of drinking intensity on a given drinking day with acute physical consequences in a sample of U.S. young adult drinkers.

Methods

Participants were past 30-day drinkers at modal age 18 in the 2018 12th-grade Monitoring the Future study who were followed up as part of a daily study in 2019 (n = 911). Of these participants, n = 489 reported at least one drinking day. At age 19, they reported their alcohol use and consequences for 14 consecutive days (n = 1051 drinking days). Daily data were used to examine within- and between-person associations of drinking intensity (moderate [1-3 drinks for women, 1-4 drinks for men], binge [4-7/5-9], or high-intensity [8+/10+]) with four acute physical consequences: hangover, nausea, blackout, and passing o

SUBMITTER: Evans-Polce RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8981363 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature