KMID : 1118520070040020096
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Psychiatry Investigation 2007 Volume.4 No. 2 p.96 ~ p.103
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Alcohol-Related Mortality in a Rural Community in Korea over an Eight-Year Period
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Kim Tae-Hui
Shin Jong-Ho Samuel Noh Shin Kyo-Jung Park Jong-Ku Ahn Joung-Sook Min Seong-Ho
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Abstract
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Objective£ºThis study investigated the effects of alcohol intake and alcohol dependency on mortality over an eight-year period in a rural community in South Korea.
Methods£ºWe performed descriptive analyses of the deceased individuals using basic demographic data, alcohol-related data such as the amount of alcohol consumed daily, the Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire (SADQ), drinking behaviors, and smoking behaviors. We controlled various confounding factors using binary logistic regression to detect the odds ratio for alcohol-related mortality.
Results£ºA higher mortality rate was observed in those subjects scoring 15 or more on the SADQ with an odds ratio of 1.74 (95% CI=0.86-3.51). A lower mortality rate was observed in those who consumed less than 12 g of alcohol per day than in the non-drinkers or those who consumed 12 g or more of alcohol per day.
Conclusion£ºThe results revealed that alcohol intake and intermediate-term mortality had a J-shaped relationship, similar to that found in previous studies using Western subjects
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KEYWORD
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Alcoholism, Korea, Mortality
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