TY - JOUR T1 - Heavy drinking and alcohol-related injuries in college students JO - Gaceta Sanitaria T2 - AU - Moure-Rodríguez,Lucía AU - Caamaño-Isorna,Francisco AU - Doallo,Sonia AU - Juan-Salvadores,Pablo AU - Corral,Montserrat AU - Rodríguez-Holguín,Socorro AU - Cadaveira,Fernando SN - 02139111 M3 - 10.1016/j.gaceta.2014.02.017 DO - 10.1016/j.gaceta.2014.02.017 UR - https://www.gacetasanitaria.org/en-heavy-drinking-alcohol-related-injuries-in-articulo-S0213911114000776 AB - ObjectiveThe main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of heavy drinking on alcohol-related injuries. Material and methodsWe carried out an open cohort study among university students in Spain (n=1,382). Heavy drinking and alcohol-related injuries were measured by administrating AUDIT questionnaires to every participant at the ages of 18, 20, 22 and 24. For data analysis we used a Multilevel Logistic Regression for repeated measures adjusting for consumption of alcohol and cannabis. ResultsThe response rate at the beginning of the study was 99.6% (1,369 students). The incidence rate of alcohol-related injuries was 3.2 per 100 students year. After adjusting for alcohol consumption and cannabis use, the multivariate model revealed that a high frequency of heavy drinking was a risk factor for alcohol-related injuries (Odds Ratio=3.89 [95%CI: 2.16 – 6.99]). The proportion of alcohol-related injuries in exposed subjects attributable to heavy drinking was 59.78% [95%CI: 32.75 – 75.94] while the population attributable fraction was 45.48% [95%CI: 24.91 – 57.77]. ConclusionWe can conclude that heavy drinking leads to an increase of alcohol-related injuries. This shows a new dimension on the consequences of this public concern already related with a variety of health and social problems. Furthermore, our results allow us to suggest that about half of alcohol-related injuries could be avoided by removing this consumption pattern. ER -