Home > Patterns of alcohol consumption in middle-aged men from France and Northern Ireland: the PRIME study.

Marques-Vidal, Pedro and Arveiler, Dominique and Evans, Alan and Montaye, Michele and Bingham, Annie and Ruidavets, Jean-Bernard and McMaster, D and Haas, Bernadette and Amouyel, Philippe and Ducimetière, Pierre (2000) Patterns of alcohol consumption in middle-aged men from France and Northern Ireland: the PRIME study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 54, (4), pp. 321-328. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600954.

External website: https://www.nature.com/articles/1600954

Objective: To assess the patterns of alcohol consumption in France and Northern Ireland. Design: Four cross-sectional studies. Setting: Sample of 50-59 year old men living in France and Northern Ireland, consuming at least one unit of alcoholic beverage per week.

Subjects: 5363 subjects from France and 1367 from Northern Ireland. Interventions: None.

Results: Consumption of wine was higher in France whereas consumption of beer and spirits was higher in Northern Ireland. Alcohol drinking was rather homogeneous throughout the week in France, whereas Fridays and Saturdays accounted for 60% of total alcohol consumption in Northern Ireland. In both countries, current smokers had a higher consumption of all types of alcoholic beverages than non-smokers. Similarly, obese and hypertensive subjects had a higher total alcohol consumption than non-obese or normotensive subjects, but the type of alcoholic beverages differed between countries. In Northern Ireland, subjects which reported some physical activity consumed significantly less alcoholic beverages than sedentary subjects, whereas no differences were found in France. Conversely, subjects with dyslipidemia consumed more alcoholic beverages than normolipidemic subjects in France, whereas no differences were found in Northern Ireland. In France, total alcohol, wine and beer consumption was negatively related to socioeconomic status and educational level. In Northern Ireland, total alcohol, beer and spirits consumption was negatively related whereas wine consumption was positively related to socioeconomic status and educational level.

Conclusions: Alcohol drinking patterns differ between France and Northern Ireland, and also according to cardiovascular risk factors, socioeconomic and educational levels.


Item Type
Article
Publication Type
Irish-related, International, Open Access, Article
Drug Type
Alcohol
Date
2000
Identification #
https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600954
Page Range
pp. 321-328
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Volume
54
Number
4
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Accession Number
HRB 4306 (Available)

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