Titre : | Consumption of alcoholic beverages and subjective health in Spain (2001) |
Auteurs : | GUALLAR-CASTILLON P. ; F. RODRIGUEZ-ARTALEJO ; L. DIEZ GANAN ; J. R. BANEGAS BANEGAS ; LAFUENTE URDINGIO P. ; HERRUZO CABRERA R. |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (Vol.55, n°9, September 2001) |
Article en page(s) : | 648-652 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SAN (Santé publique / Public health) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés ALCOOL ; SANTE ; ETUDE TRANSVERSALE ; EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE ; CONSOMMATIONThésaurus géographique ESPAGNE |
Résumé : |
STUDY OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between alcohol and main alcoholic beverage consumption and subjective health in Spain.
DESIGN Logistic regression analysis using a cross sectional survey based on self reported data on alcohol and alcoholic beverage consumption, subjective health and the principal confounding factors (age, sex, civil status, educational level, job status, social support, region of residence, size of town or city, tobacco consumption, physical activity during leisure time and work hours, and chronic disease). SETTING The 1993 Spanish National Health Survey. PARTICIPANTS A 19?573 person sample, representative of the non-institutionalised Spanish population aged 16 years and over. MAIN RESULTS Among Spaniards, 31.4% reported their health as suboptimal (fair, poor or very poor) and 56.9% consumed alcohol regularly, with the majority having a preference for wine. Light (1–2 drinks per day) or moderate consumption (3–4 drinks per day) was the most frequent pattern. After adjusting for confounding factors, a negative dose-response relation was observed between consumption of total alcohol, wine and beer, and prevalence of suboptimal health (linear trend: p CONCLUSIONS The higher the consumption of total alcohol, wine and beer, the lower the prevalence of suboptimal health. These results differ from those obtained in several Nordic countries, where a “J shaped” relation has been observed for total alcohol and wine, and suggest that the relation between alcohol consumption and subjective health may be different in Mediterranean countries. |
Domaine : | Alcool / Alcohol |
Refs biblio. : | 28 |
Affiliation : | Centro Universitario de Salud Pública, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Consejería de Sanidad de Madrid, Spain |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Lien : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.55.9.648 |
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