Brunborg Geir Scott, Raninen Jonas, Burdzovic Andreas Jasmina
Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Center for Alcohol Policy Research (CAPR), La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 Dec 1;241:109666. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109666. Epub 2022 Oct 19.
Alcohol use is a leading cause of reduced health among young people. Consumption of energy drinks might be a risk factor for alcohol use. The aim of this study was to examine if more frequent consumption of energy drinks in early adolescence was associated with higher concurrent alcohol consumption, and with stronger increase in alcohol use throughout adolescence.
The data came from MyLife, a longitudinal study where Norwegian adolescents completed e-questionnaires in the autumn of 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. The participants were a nationwide sample of 2916 adolescents (mean age: 14.25 [SD = 0.85], 56% girls). At baseline, adolescents self-reported how often they had consumed energy drinks over the past month, a range of family factors, individual characteristics, and substance use. Self-reports of alcohol use (frequency, usual quantity, and frequency of consuming five or more units) were collected at all five assessments and combined into continuous variables.
The results of fully adjusted growth curve models indicate that more frequent consumption of energy drinks at baseline was associated with greater concurrent alcohol use (p < .001), and greater increase in alcohol use over time (p < .05). The effect of energy drinks on concurrent alcohol use was stronger for girls, but the effect on increase over time was stronger for boys.
Consumption of energy drinks in early adolescence is associated with more alcohol use throughout adolescence, but the effect size was rather modest in this sample of Norwegian adolescents.
饮酒是年轻人健康下降的主要原因。饮用能量饮料可能是饮酒的一个风险因素。本研究的目的是检验青春期早期更频繁饮用能量饮料是否与同时期更高的酒精消费量相关，以及是否与整个青春期酒精使用量的更强增长相关。
数据来自“MyLife”，这是一项纵向研究，挪威青少年在2017年、2018年、2019年、2020年和2021年秋季完成电子问卷。参与者是来自全国的2916名青少年样本（平均年龄：14.25岁[标准差=0.85]，56%为女孩）。在基线时，青少年自我报告过去一个月饮用能量饮料的频率、一系列家庭因素、个人特征和物质使用情况。在所有五次评估中收集酒精使用的自我报告（频率、通常饮酒量以及饮用五个或更多单位的频率），并将其合并为连续变量。
完全调整后的生长曲线模型结果表明，基线时更频繁饮用能量饮料与同时期更高的酒精使用量相关（p<.001），并且随着时间推移酒精使用量的增长更大（p<.05）。能量饮料对同时期酒精使用的影响对女孩更强，但对随时间增长的影响对男孩更强。
青春期早期饮用能量饮料与整个青春期更多的酒精使用相关，但在这个挪威青少年样本中，效应大小相当适度。
