Risk factors of alcoholism in Taiwan Chinese: an epidemiological approach.
This study investigated the risk factors of alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence, as defined by DSM-III criteria, in 11,004 Chinese subjects in the Taiwan community. Risk factors were analyzed using chi-square and multivariate logistic regression statistics. The logistic regression shows that the risk factors of alcohol dependence include male, having had childhood or adulthood behavior problems; of alcohol abuse include male, having had childhood or adulthood behavior problems, non-metropolitan community, age cohort, job-holder. The etiological models proposed are biological for Chinese alcohol dependence and interactional for Chinese alcohol abuse.
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Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China.
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D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012945:Social Values; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology