Excessive alcohol consumption is not a risk factor for anxiety and depression, nor are anxiety and depression a risk factor for excessive alcohol consumption

摘要

Hazardous drinking, binge drinking 01 alcohol dependence did not significantly increase the lisk of anxiety and depression at follow up (hazardous v non-hazaidous drinkers: adjusted odds ratio (OR) 0 76, 95% CI 0,42 to 1.36; binge drinking v non-binge drinking: adjusted OR 1,36, 95% CI 0.74 to 2,50; alcohol dependent v non-alcohol dependent: adjusted OR 1.61, 95% CI 0,91 to 2 87), People who abstained from alcohol for the 12 months prior to follow up had a reduced risk of developing anxiety and depression compared with non-hazardous drinkers (adjusted OR 0 36, 95% CI 0,17 to 0.77), Anxiety and depression at baseline did not increase the risk of excess alcohol consumption at follow up (CIS-R score 3=12 v CIS-R score <=5: adjusted OR for binge drinking 0.95, 95% CI 0,51 to 1 80; adjusted OR for hazardous drinking 1.05, 0.53 to 2.07; adjusted OR for alcohol dependence 1.73, 95% CI 0,79 to 3 77).