title: A study of high-risk drinking patterns among generations based on the 2009 Korea national health and nutrition examination survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to identify how the drinking patterns of a generation on the paternal side affect those of the next generations by estimating the number of high-risk drinkers by generation according to the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were selected from the 2009 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and were analyzed using SPSS 18.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Later generations started drinking earlier (62.4%, 71.8% and 91.1%, respectively). The majority of the second generation consumed more than 2-4 drinks a month (83.7%), but only a small proportion experienced difficulty in everyday life (9.6%), felt repentance (9.6%), or experienced memory loss (17.9%) after drinking. Unmarried third-generation adults with high-risk-drinking fathers reported more frequent alcohol consumption [odds ratio (OR) 1.441), greater amounts on one occasion (>7 cups for men, OR 1.661; > 5 cups for women, OR 2.078), temperance failure (OR 2.377), and repentance after drinking (OR 1.577). Unmarried third-generation adults with high-risk-drinking grandfathers consumed greater amounts of alcohol on one occasion (OR 3.642), and unmarried third-generation women more frequently consumed large amounts of alcohol (>5 cups, OR 4.091). Unmarried third-generation adults with high-risk-drinking fathers were more likely to exhibit high-risk drinking patterns (OR 1.608). Second-generation individuals from a high-risk-drinking first generation were more likely to engage in high-risk drinking (OR 3.705).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High-risk drinking by a generation significantly affects the high-risk drinking patterns of subsequent generations.
authors: Graduate School of Health and Welfare, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Yeongseon
authors: Y
authors: Hong
authors: Department of Health Management, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Sungsoo
authors: S
authors: Chun
authors: Korea Institute on Alcohol Problems, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Mieun
authors: M
authors: Yun
authors: Korea Institute on Alcohol Problems, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Lydia Sarponmaa
authors: LS
authors: Asante
authors: Division of Epidemic Intelligence Service, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, Korea.
authors: Chaeshin
authors: C
authors: Chu
keywords: alcohol use disorder; drinking patterns; generation effect; high-risk drinking