Citation

Kristenson H. Alcohol Alcohol. Suppl. 1987; 1: 601-606.

Affiliation

Department of Alcohol Diseases, Malmoe General Hospital, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, Oxford University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3426739

Abstract

UNLABELLED: In the total population of 11.643 men born 1926-1933 and living in Malmoe all individuals registered at the Department of Alcohol Diseases (RAD) from 1968-1984 were calculated and 10% of the records were analyzed. All men were invited to screening investigations and 75% participated. Data on sick leave days were available for as long as 21 years before screening and during follow up. Screening GGT levels and affirmative answers to the Mm-Mast were analyzed. Drinking problems were categorized in Alcohol Dependence Syndrome or Alcohol Related Disabilities. The later category included: a) individuals RAD who were non-alcohol dependent, b) 75% of men with screening GGT in the tenth decentile of the GGT distribution, c) men with high sick leave caused by complications due to drinking.

RESULTS: Alcohol dependence was found in 5.4%, problem drinking in another 9.4% of the men in the general population. The yearly incidence of alcohol dependence was 1.5 per thousand in these age year cohorts.

Language: en