Are dietary patterns in early childhood associated with alcohol consumption at the age of 17 years? Analysis of data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationship between a posteriori dietary patterns in early childhood and alcohol consumption in adolescence.

Design

Data were obtained from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) prospective cohort study. Dietary information was obtained using FFQ at the age of 3 and 7 years. The association between dietary patterns, derived using principal components analysis and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scores (to assess harmful intake) and frequency of alcohol consumption at the age of 17 years were examined. Secondary analysis considered sugar intake as a percentage of total energy intake.

Setting

Women who gave birth between 1 April 1991 and 31 December 1992 in the Avon area in southwest England were eli

SUBMITTER: Yorke K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991802 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature