title: Socio-demographic status and alcohol drinking patterns among Greek healthy adults.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Panhellenic Association for Continual Medical Research, Sections of Public-Health, Athens, Greece. kostdoc@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Pandelis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pazarlis
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mauri
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cortinovis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katsigiannopoulos
authors.forename: Paraskevi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alevizaki
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koukourakis
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Casazza
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamposioras
authors.forename: Ioanna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chatziioannou
authors.forename: Athansios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milousis
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papakonstantinou
authors.forename: Ioanna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karathanasi
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alexiou
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Proiskos
authors.forename: Zoi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mitrogianni
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peponi
mesh_terms: 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