Correlation between Non-Alcoholic Beverage Consumption and Alcohol Drinking Behavior among Japanese Youths

作     者：Motoyoshi Kubo Yuji Nozu Chie Kataoka Masako Kudo Shiori Taniguchi Yuki Sato Naoko Nakayama Motoi Watanabe 

作者机构：Faculty of Education Utsunomiya University Utsunomiya Japan Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Japan Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Japan Narita Junior High School Tomiya Japan St. Luke’s International University Tokyo Japan Hokkaido University of Education Sapporo Japan 

出 版 物：《Open Journal of Preventive Medicine》 (预防医学期刊（英文）)

年 卷 期：2015年第5卷第2期

页      面：31-37页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Youth Non-Alcoholic Beverage Alcohol Drinking National Survey 

摘      要：The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between the consumption of non-alcoholic beverages (such as non-alcoholic beer, non-alcoholic cocktails, and non-alcoholic wine) and alcohol drinking behavior among Japanese youths. Data from the Japan Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2011 were analyzed. The study subjects were 9775 high school students (5026 males and 4749 females) randomly selected from the 10th to the 12th grade in 102 high schools throughout Japan. The results indicated that the percentage of youths who had consumed non-alcoholic beverages was 25.8% among males (11.5%: “one time;14.3%: “two or more times) and 26.1% among females (12.2%: “one time;13.9%: “two or more times), which suggested that at least one in four Japanese high school students had consumed non-alcoholic beverages. Those students that had consumed non-alcoholic beverages were at a significantly higher risk for alcohol-related behaviors, including “ever drank alcohol, “current alcohol use, “current frequent alcohol use, and “chugging, when compared with students who had never consumed non-alcoholic beverages. The risk for alcohol-related behaviors was higher for students who had consumed non-alcoholic beverages two or more times than for those who had consumed them one time. Specifically, the odds ratio for “ever drank alcohol in the “one time group was 5.16 (95% CI: 4.22 - 6.30) for males and 4.27 (95% CI: 3.53 - 5.16) for females, while it was markedly high for those in the “two or more times group, with males at 9.78 (95% CI: 7.88 - 12.14) and females at 7.59 (95% CI: 6.20 - 9.29). The results of this study suggest that it is necessary to continuously ascertain the prevalence of non-alcoholic beverage consumption among Japanese youths. In addition, alcohol drinking prevention in youths requires attention be paid not only to their consumption of alcoholic beverages, but also to their consumption of non-alcoholic beverages.