Alcohol and educational inequalities: Hazardous drinking prevalence and all-cause mortality by hazardous drinking group in people aged 50 and older in Europe.
Alcohol and educational inequalities: Hazardous drinking prevalence and all-cause mortality by hazardous drinking group in people aged 50 and older in Europe.
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酒精和教育不平等:欧洲 50 岁及以上人群中危险饮酒人群的危险饮酒流行率和全因死亡率。
DOI:
10.1080/08897077.2020.1773597
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发表时间:
2022
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Espelt,Albert
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Trias-Llimós,Sergi;Bosque-Prous,Marina;Obradors-Rial,Nuria;Teixidó-Compañó,Ester;Belza,MariaJosé;Janssen,Fanny;Espelt,Albert
BackgroundWe examined educational inequalities in hazardous drinking prevalence among individuals aged 50 or more in 14 European countries, and explored educational inequalities in mortality in hazardous drinkers in European regions.MethodsWe analyzed data from waves 4, 5 and 6 of the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). We estimated age-standardized hazardous drinking prevalence, and prevalence ratios (PR) of hazardous drinking by country and educational level using Poisson regression models with robust variance. We estimated the relative index of inequality (RII) for all-cause mortality among hazardous drinkers and non-hazardous drinkers using Cox proportional hazards regression models and for each region (North, South, East and West).ResultsIn men, educational inequalities in hazardous drinking were not observed (PRmedium= 1.09 [95%CI: 0.98–1.21] and PRhigh= 0.99 [95%CI: 0.88–1.10], ref. low), while in they were observed in women, having the highest hazardous drinking prevalence in the highest educational levels (PRmedium= 1.28 [95%CI: 1.15–1.42] and PRhigh= 1.53 [95%CI: 1.36–1.72]). Overall, the Relative Index of Inequality (RII) in all-cause mortality among hazardous drinkers was 1.12 [95%CI: 1.03–1.22] among men and 1.10 [95%CI: 0.97–1.25] among women. Educational inequalities among hazardous drinkers were observed in Eastern Europe for both men (RIIhazardous= 1.21 [95%CI: 1.01–1.45]) and women (RIIhazardous= 1.46 [95%CI: 1.13–1.87]). Educational inequalities in mortality among non-hazardous drinkers were observed in Southern, Western and Eastern Europe among men, and in Eastern Europe among women.ConclusionsHigher educational attainment is positively associated with hazardous drinking prevalence among women, but not among men in most of the analyzed European countries. Clear educational inequalities in mortality among hazardous drinkers were only observed in Eastern Europe. Further research on the associations between alcohol use and inequalities in all-cause mortality in different regions is needed.