Consideration of an upper-bound continuous maximum drinks measure for adolescent binge and high-intensity drinking prevalence.
Megan E PatrickYvonne M Terry-McElrathPublished in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2021)
In this nationally representative sample of 12th-grade students, prevalence levels for 5+ and 10+ drinking did not differ significantly when using frequency versus maximum drinks measures. Among females, binge drinking prevalence was higher using sex-specific versus universal thresholds. Both the frequency and maximum drinks measures provided comparable estimates of binge and high-intensity drinking prevalence among older adolescents.