Doggett Amanda, Qian Wei, Cole Adam G, Leatherdale Scott T
School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
Prev Med Rep. 2019 Apr 5;14:100865. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100865. eCollection 2019 Jun.
Consuming alcohol mixed with energy drinks (AmED) is a risk behaviour among youth, and previous research has reported a positive association between binge drinking and AmED consumption. However, limited research has examined how regular consumption of energy drinks is associated with AmED consumption among youth. The purpose of this report is to examine the role of energy drink use on AmED consumption in a Canadian youth population. Using data from the 2015-2016 COMPASS survey including 35,300 grade 9 to 12 students, two logistic regression models investigated if the inclusion of energy drink consumption in the past week altered the results of a model examining AmED consumption. In this sample, 13.2% of students reported AmED consumption in the last 12 months. Those who reported drinking energy drinks in the past week were 3.38 times more likely to consume AmED than those who did not drink energy drinks. The inclusion of past week energy drink use decreased the effect size of other associated substance use behaviours. This report demonstrates that past week energy drink use is associated with increased likelihood of AmED consumption and suggests that previous research may have missed this important contributor. These findings along with existing energy drink research highlight the importance of addressing the lack of energy drink regulations in Canada.
饮用含酒精的能量饮料混合饮品（AmED）是青少年中的一种风险行为，先前的研究报告称狂饮与饮用AmED之间存在正相关。然而，关于青少年经常饮用能量饮料与饮用AmED之间的关联，研究较少。本报告的目的是探讨饮用能量饮料在加拿大青少年群体饮用AmED行为中所起的作用。利用2015 - 2016年COMPASS调查中的数据，该调查涵盖了35300名9至12年级的学生，两个逻辑回归模型研究了过去一周饮用能量饮料这一因素是否会改变一个检验饮用AmED行为的模型的结果。在这个样本中，13.2%的学生报告在过去12个月内饮用过AmED。过去一周报告饮用能量饮料的学生饮用AmED的可能性是未饮用能量饮料学生的3.38倍。纳入过去一周饮用能量饮料这一因素降低了其他相关物质使用行为的效应量。本报告表明，过去一周饮用能量饮料与饮用AmED可能性增加有关，并表明先前的研究可能忽略了这一重要因素。这些发现以及现有的能量饮料研究凸显了加拿大解决能量饮料监管缺失问题的重要性。
