title: Racial Disparities in Substance Use by Sport Participation Among High School Students.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the association between team sport participation and substance use, and racial/ ethnic disparities, among U.S. adolescents.
  
  
  
  Data from 6,721 male and 6,761 female high school students in the 2013 Youth Behavior Risk Survey were used. Logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between team sport participation and substance use across gender and race/ethnicity.
  
  
  
  Among males, participation in team sports was associated with increased risk for use of smokeless tobacco (odds ratio [OR] = 1.81, 95% CI [1.42, 2.32]), alcohol (OR = 1.30, 95% CI [1.11, 1.52]), and steroids (OR = 1.69, 95% CI [1.26, 2.27]), and decreased risk for use of smoked tobacco (OR = 0.80, 95% CI [0.65, 0.99]) and inhalants (OR = 0.67, 95% CI [0.53, 0.85]). Among females, participation in team sports was associated with increased risk for use of smokeless tobacco (OR = 1.49, 95% CI [1.03, 2.18]) and diet pills (OR = 1.31, 95% CI [1.02, 1.68]), and decreased risk for use of smoked tobacco (OR = 0.60, 95% CI [0.50, 0.72]), cocaine (OR = 0.66, 95% CI [0.46, 0.94]), and prescription drugs (OR = 0.77, 95% CI [0.67, 0.89]). When examined within specific racial/ethnic groups, these patterns were not consistent.
  
  
  
  High school athletes are at increased risk for use of smokeless tobacco as well as alcohol, steroids, and diet pills. At the same time, they are at lower risk for use of smoked tobacco, inhalants, and cocaine, compared with non-athlete peers. Specific intersections of race/ethnicity and gender demonstrated deviations from these patterns.
authors: Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
authors: Mike C
authors: MC
authors: Parent
authors: Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
authors: Tyler C
authors: TC
authors: Bradstreet
authors: Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
authors: Margaret
authors: M
authors: Piper
authors: Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
authors: Travis
authors: T
authors: Brace
authors: Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
authors: Thomas J
authors: TJ
authors: Parkman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D013177:Sports / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology