title: Alcoholic beverage preferences and self-reported problems in Switzerland.
abstract: The study examined sex-specific changes in beverage preference by age group in three Swiss linguistic regions, the relationship between preference and self-reporting of alcohol-related problems, and sociocultural and linguistic influences. A sample of 953, interviewed in 1987, was reinterviewed in 1995. Preference differed by region and remained relatively stable. Only young adults changed, adopting typical regional patterns. Self-reporting, and remission and incidence of problem-reporting, were related to total intake and to changes in total intake, but only at younger ages to changes in preference. Beverage preference has little value as a predictor of self-reporting of problems.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems, Research Unit, Lausanne.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gmel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Truan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: François
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013649:Taste