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Nicholas Acuna1, Salma Shariff-Marco2,3, Anna H Wu1,4
1Department of Population & Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
Objective:
Neighborhood characteristics have been shown to influence lifestyle behaviors. Here we characterized alcohol outlet density in Los Angeles County, CA, and Hawaii and assessed the association of alcohol outlet density with self-reported alcohol intake in the Multiethnic Cohort.
Method:
Participants (n = 178,977) had their addresses geocoded at cohort entry (1993-1996) and appended to block group-level alcohol outlet densities (on- and off-premises). Multinomial logistic regression was performed to assess the association between self-reported alcohol intake and on- and off-premise alcohol outlet densities by each state. Stratified analysis was conducted by sex, race, and ethnicity.
Results:
Overall, we did not find associations between alcohol outlet density and self-reported alcohol intake in Los Angeles County, but we found that on-premise alcohol outlets were associated with 59% (odds ratio [OR] = 1.59, 95% CI [1.29, 1.96]) increased odds of consuming more than two drinks per day in Hawaii. Women living in neighborhoods with a high density of on-premise alcohol outlets (Los Angeles County: OR = 1.15, 95% CI [0.95, 1.40]; Hawaii: OR = 2.07, 95% CI [1.43, 3.01]) had an increased odds of more than two drinks per day.
Conclusions:
This study suggests that neighborhood factors are associated with individual-level behaviors and that multilevel interventions may be needed.
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