J Korean Med Sci.  2008 Apr;23(2):199-206. 10.3346/jkms.2008.23.2.199.

Alcohol Consumption and the CAGE Questionnaire in Korean Adults: Results from the Second Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

• Park JT
• Kim BG
• Jhun HJ

• KMID: 1713449
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2008.23.2.199

Abstract

We evaluated alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems in Korean adults by evaluating alcohol consumption and responses to the CAGE questionnaire obtained from the second Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The age-adjusted prevalence of males who consumed 0, 0.1-20, 20.1-40, or >40 g/day of alcohol were 28.0, 51.5, 12.5, and 8.0%, respectively; 26.9% of male drinkers were CAGE-positive (> or =2 affirmative responses to the CAGE). The age-adjusted prevalence of females who consumed 0, 0.1-10, 10.1-20, or >20 g/day of alcohol were 67.7, 26.6, 3.9, and 1.8%; 11.9% of female drinkers were CAGE-positive. The risk factors for high alcohol consumption were old age, low education level, smoking, and drinking onset at young ages in male drinkers, whereas low education level and smoking in female drinkers. The risk factors for a positive CAGE were young age, marriage, low education level, smoking, high amount of alcohol consumed on a single occasion, and high drinking frequency in male drinkers, whereas high household income, ex-smoking, high amount of alcohol consumed on a single occasion, and high drinking frequency in female drinkers. Our results suggest that high alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems in Korean adults are not negligible and require intervention.

Keyword

Drinking; Alcohol-Related Disorders

MeSH Terms

Adult
Aged
*Alcohol Drinking
Alcohol-Related Disorders/*diagnosis/epidemiology
Alcoholism
Female
*Health Surveys
Humans
Korea
Male
Middle Aged
Questionnaires
Risk Factors
State Medicine
Treatment Outcome

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