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标题：An Epidemiological Investigation of Male-Female Differences in Drinking and Drinking-Related Problems between US-Born and Foreign-Born Latino and Asian Americans
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作者：Hui G. Cheng ; Orla McBride
期刊名称：Journal of Addiction
印刷版ISSN：2090-7834
出版年度：2013
卷号：2013
页码：1-7
DOI：10.1155/2013/631912
出版社：Hindawi Publishing Corporation
摘要：Background .It has been widely documented that males were more likely to drinking alcohol and have alcohol use disorders (AUD).The degrees of the male-female differences in drinking and AUD have varied across countries.The reasons behind these variations have not been fully understood.The current study compared the estimated male-female differences across US-born and foreign-born Latino and Asian Americans with respect to alcohol drinking behavior and AUD.Method .Data come from the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS), a national household survey of adults with Latinos and Asian decent in the United States.Male-female differences were estimated for drinking behavior and AUD among drinkers for US-born and foreign-born individuals, respectively.Zero-inflated Poisson regressions were utilized to estimate male-female differences in the number of AUD clinical features once it occurs.Results .Larger male-female differences were found for foreign-born individuals as compared to US-born individuals, especially the occurrence of AUD among drinkers.Once AUD clinical feature occurs, there was no male-female difference for foreign-born individuals, while there was a males excess in the number of clinical features for US-born individuals.Conclusion .Results from this study supports the importance of sociocultural influence in drinking and AUD.Implications for prevention and intervention programs were discussed.