Socio-demographic status and alcohol drinking patterns among Greek healthy adults.
OBJECTIVE
To analyze socio-demographic correlates of alcohol drinking among Greek healthy adults.


METHODS
Data related to alcohol consumption patterns of 5500 adult individuals, coming from 26 Hellenic provinces were abstracted from SESy-Europe database within a framework of the nationwide Hellenic anticancer-trial PACMeR 02 study. Statistic: chi2 test and logistic regression analyses were used.


RESULTS
42.5% of males and 82.5% of females did not consume alcoholic drinks. Among users, daily alcohol assumption was 28.50 g/day for men and 9.85 g/day for women. The mainland population presented higher proportions for both abstainers and moderate-heavy drinkers. Consumption rate was higher for sub-populations living in islands, but they were mostly light drinkers rather than heavy consumers. Among males, younger subjects, farmers and craftsmen had a higher tendency for alcohol abuse. Among females, the proportion of consumers and abusers was notably more elevated among younger individuals, especially among those living in urban areas of mainland, with higher educational level, employees and freelance professionals. A particular attention to the newly and rapidly growing patterns of alcoholism among young females should be given and prevention programs should be promptly developed.
Pazarlis
Pandelis
P
Panhellenic Association for Continual Medical Research, Sections of Public-Health, Athens, Greece. kostdoc@hotmail.com
Mauri
Davide
D
Cortinovis
Ivan
I
Katsigiannopoulos
Konstantinos
K
Alevizaki
Paraskevi
P
Koukourakis
Georgios
G
Casazza
Giovanni
G
Kamposioras
Konstantinos
K
Chatziioannou
Ioanna
I
Milousis
Athansios
A
Papakonstantinou
Anastasios
A
Karathanasi
Ioanna
I
Alexiou
George
G
Proiskos
Anastasios
A
Mitrogianni
Zoi
Z
Peponi
Christina
C
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019992:Databases as Topic; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors