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Binge Drinking Binds Youth to Health Problems
November 22, 2007 at 6:15 PM
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Two distinct lifetime drinking trajectories among people who were ever regular drinkers were revealed by WNYHS study. Drinking trajectory refers to the variability in drinking behavior over the span of a person's lifetime. Early peak lifetime trajectories were characterized by early and heavy drinking followed by a sharp reduction in alcohol intake whereas stable trajectories involved more moderate intakes over a longer period of life. Lifetime drinking patterns included total years of drinking, first and last age of regular drinking, total volume of alcohol consumed, and many other factors.
Early peak drinkers were, on average, 10 years younger than stable drinkers. Despite this age difference, the early peak drinkers still had a modestly higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome. Russell said, Drinking patterns associated with early peak and stable drinking trajectories were distinctly different.
Early peak drinkers generally began drinking earlier than stable drinkers. They drank fewer years, less frequently, and consumed less volume of alcohol over their lifetimes, but averaged more drinks per drinking day and had higher rates of episodic heavy drinking and intoxication, he added.
It was speculated that the reason for the increased risk for metabolic syndrome found in the study may be associated with the adverse health effects of early unhealthy drinking patterns, which were carried over to later life. Also, early peak drinkers may have adopted other lifestyle habits detrimental to cardio-metabolic health.
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