Do Executive Functions Predict Binge-Drinking Patterns? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Young Adulthood

This study examined the association of alcohol drinking patterns with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components in a nationally representative sample of South Korean adults. The cross-sectional study included 12,830 current drinkers (6438 men and 6392 women) who were at least 20 years old. Measures of alcohol drinking patterns included average drinking frequency, usual quantity, and binge drinking frequency over the past year. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to estimate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for MetS and its components according to alcohol drinking patterns, and also to examine linear trends in these relationships. The prevalence of MetS was 1822 (26.2%) in men and 1313 (17.5%) in women. After adjusting for potential confounding factors, drinking quantity and binge drinking frequency were positively associated with MetS in both sexes. Regarding components of MetS, while the risk of low HDL cholesterol decreased as drinking frequency increased, other MetS components (abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, and impaired fasting glucose) worsened. Our results suggest that separate management of each component of MetS will be required to protect cardio-metabolic health, and a healthy drinking culture that refrains from binge drinking should be established in the context of public health.

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Development of executive functioning from childhood to young adulthood in autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A 10-year longitudinal study.

Neuropsychology ◽

10.1037/neu0000768 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ingrid Nesdal Fossum ◽

Per Normann Andersen ◽

Merete Glenne Øie ◽

Erik Winther Skogli

Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Executive Functioning ◽

Young Adulthood ◽

Attention Deficit ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Spectrum Disorder ◽

Hyperactivity Disorder

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Getting drunk and growing up: trajectories of frequent binge drinking during the transition to young adulthood.

Journal of Studies on Alcohol ◽

10.15288/jsa.1996.57.289 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 57 (3) ◽

pp. 289-304 ◽

Cited By ~ 330

Author(s):

J Schulenberg ◽

P M O'Malley ◽

J G Bachman ◽

K N Wadsworth ◽

L D Johnston

Keyword(s):

Binge Drinking ◽

Young Adulthood ◽

Growing Up

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Development of depression from preadolescence to young adulthood: Emerging gender differences in a 10-year longitudinal study.

Journal of Abnormal Psychology ◽

10.1037/0021-843x.107.1.128 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 107 (1) ◽

pp. 128-140 ◽

Cited By ~ 1248

Author(s):

Benjamin L. Hankin ◽

Lyn Y. Abramson ◽

Terrie E. Moffitt ◽

Phil A. Silva ◽

Rob McGee ◽

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Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Young Adulthood

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Stability and change in personality: A longitudinal study from early adolescence to young adulthood

Journal of Research in Personality ◽

10.1016/0092-6566(86)90135-2 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 276-291 ◽

Cited By ~ 70

Author(s):

Judith A Stein ◽

Michael D Newcomb ◽

P.M Bentler

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Young Adulthood ◽

Early Adolescence ◽

Stability And Change

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Weight misperception and psychological symptoms from adolescence to young adulthood: longitudinal study of an ethnically diverse UK cohort

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-020-08823-1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Christelle Elia ◽

Alexis Karamanos ◽

Maria João Silva ◽

Maeve O’Connor ◽

Yao Lu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Young Adulthood ◽

Psychological Symptoms ◽

Ethnically Diverse ◽

Weight Misperception

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Beverage-Specific Alcohol Sale and Suicide in Russia

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910.30.4.186 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 186-191 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Y.E. Razvodovsky

Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

Time Series Analysis ◽

Binge Drinking ◽

Suicide Rate ◽

Drinking Pattern ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Series Analysis ◽

Suicide Rates ◽

Per Capita ◽

Alcohol Sales

Background: The high suicide rate in Russia and its profound fluctuation over the past decades have attracted considerable interest. There is growing evidence that beverage preference and binge-drinking patterns, i.e., excessive consumption of strong spirits, results in a quicker and deeper level of intoxication, which increases the propensity for the alcohol-related suicide. In line with this evidence, we assumed that higher levels of vodka consumption, in conjunction with binge-drinking patterns, would result in a close, aggregate-level association between vodka sales and suicide in Russia. Aims and Methods: To test this hypothesis, trends in beverage-specific alcohol sales per capita and suicide rates from 1970 to 2005 in Russia were analyzed employing ARIMA time-series analysis. Results: The results of the time-series analysis suggested that a 1 liter increase in overall alcohol sales would result in a 4% increase in the male suicide rate and a 2.8% increase in the female suicide rate; a 1 liter increase in vodka sales would increase the suicide rate by 9.3% for men and by 6% for women. Conclusions: This study replicates previous findings from other settings, which suggest that suicide rates tend to be more responsive to changes in distilled spirits consumption per capita than to the total level of alcohol consumption. Assuming that drinking spirits is usually associated with intoxication episodes, these findings provide additional evidence that the drinking pattern is an important determinant in the relationship between alcohol and suicide. The outcomes of this study also provide support for the hypothesis that suicide and alcohol are closely connected in cultures where an intoxication-oriented drinking pattern prevails and adds to the growing body of evidence that alcohol plays a crucial role in the fluctuation in suicide mortality rates in Russia during recent decades.

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