Alcohol use and intoxication in sport university students.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate patterns of alcohol consumption and intoxication in French sport science students.


METHODS
Second- and third-year sport university students (n = 677) completed an anonymous self-report questionnaire.


CONCLUSIONS
20.4% reported more than six episodes of intoxication during the previous year. Male students drank more frequently and were more frequently intoxicated than were female students. Compared to their peers in the general population, sport students drank less frequently, but reported more episodes of intoxication. There were no differences in frequency of intoxication according to competitive level.
Lorente
Fabrice O
FO
Department of Physiology (UPRES ES 3285), Faculty of Sport Sciences Marseilles, University of the Mediterranean, IFR Marey 107, 163 avenue de Luminy, Marseilles, France. lorente@staps.univ-mrs.fr
Peretti-Watel
Patrick
P
Griffet
Jean
J
Grélot
Laurent
L
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013177:Sports / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data