Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2400 E. Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA.
Addict Behav. 2013 Sep;38(9):2428-32. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.04.003. Epub 2013 Apr 17.
The consumption of alcohol mixed with energy drinks (AmED) is prevalent among college students as is hazardous drinking, a drinking pattern that places one at risk for alcohol-related harm. The present study, therefore, examined associations between AmED use, hazardous drinking, and alcohol-related consequences in college students.
Based on a probability sample conducted in 2010, participants were 606 undergraduate students aged 18-25. AmED consumption included lifetime and past year use. Hazardous drinking and alcohol-related consequences were measured during the past year. Point prevalence was used to estimate rates of AmED use, and chi-square, ANOVA, and logistic regression were used to examine associations between AmED use, hazardous drinking, and alcohol-related consequences.
Lifetime and past year AmED use prevalence rates were 75.2% and 64.7%, respectively. Hazardous drinkers who engaged in AmED use were significantly more likely than past year hazardous drinkers who did not engage in AmED use to have had unprotected sex (OR=2.35, CI 1.27-4.32).
AmED use appears to be highly prevalent among college students, and AmED use may confer additional risk for unprotected sex beyond hazardous drinking. Unprotected sex has implications for public health, and students who drink hazardously and consume AmED may be at greater risk.
大学生中混合能量饮料的酒精消费（AmED）很普遍，危险饮酒也是如此，这种饮酒模式会使人面临与酒精相关的伤害风险。因此，本研究调查了大学生中 AmED 使用、危险饮酒和与酒精相关后果之间的关联。
基于 2010 年进行的概率抽样，参与者为 606 名 18-25 岁的本科生。AmED 消费包括终生和过去一年的使用。危险饮酒和与酒精相关的后果在过去一年中进行了测量。点患病率用于估计 AmED 使用率，卡方检验、方差分析和逻辑回归用于检查 AmED 使用、危险饮酒和与酒精相关后果之间的关联。
终生和过去一年的 AmED 使用流行率分别为 75.2%和 64.7%。使用 AmED 的危险饮酒者与过去一年未使用 AmED 的危险饮酒者相比，发生无保护性行为的可能性显著更高（OR=2.35，CI 1.27-4.32）。
AmED 使用在大学生中似乎非常普遍，而且 AmED 使用可能会增加除危险饮酒以外的无保护性行为的风险。无保护性行为对公共卫生有影响，那些危险饮酒和消费 AmED 的学生可能面临更大的风险。
