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The importance of drinking frequency in evaluating individuals' drinking patterns: implications for the development
Catherine Paradis1, Andrée Demers, Elyse Picard
1GRASP, Université de Montréal, Pavillon 7077 av. du Parc, Montréal, C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada. catherine_paradis@yahoo.ca
Aims:
This paper examines the relationship between frequency of drinking, usual daily consumption and frequency of binge drinking, taking into consideration possible age and gender differences.
Participants And Design:
Subjects were 10 466 current drinkers (5743 women and 4723 men) aged between 18 and 76 years, who participated in the GENACIS Canada (GENder Alcohol and Culture: an International Study) study.
Setting:
Canada.
Measurements:
The independent variable was the annual drinking frequency. The dependent variables were the usual daily quantity consumed, annual, monthly and weekly frequency of binge drinking (five drinks or more on one occasion).
Findings:
Logistic regressions show (i) that those who drink less than once a week are less likely than weekly drinkers to take more than two drinks when they do drink; (ii) that the usual daily quantity consumed by weekly drinkers is not related to their frequency of drinking; but that (iii) the risk and frequency of binge drinking increase with the frequency of drinking.
Conclusions:
Given that risk and frequency of binge drinking among Canadians increases with their frequency of drinking, any public recommendation to drink moderately should be made with great caution.
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