Nadra E Lisha1, Steve Sussman, Faahb Fapa, Adam M Leventhal. 1. Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA. nlisha@usc.edu
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Prior research has documented a counterintuitive positive association between physical activity and indices of alcohol consumption frequency and heaviness. OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether this relation extends to alcohol use disorder and clarify whether this association is non-linear. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, correlational population-based study of US adults (N = 34,653). The Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule was used to classify past-year DSM-IV alcohol use disorder and self-reported federal government-recommended weekly physical activity cutoffs. RESULTS: After statistically controlling for confounds, alcohol abuse but not dependence was associated with greater prevalence of physical activity. Number of alcohol use disorder symptoms exhibited a curvilinear relationship with meeting physical activity requirements, such that the positive association degraded with high symptom counts. CONCLUSION: There is a positive association between physical activity and less severe forms of alcohol use disorder in US adults. More severe forms of alcohol use disorder are not associated with physical activity.
BACKGROUND: Prior research has documented a counterintuitive positive association between physical activity and indices of alcohol consumption frequency and heaviness. OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether this relation extends to alcohol use disorder and clarify whether this association is non-linear. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, correlational population-based study of US adults (N = 34,653). The Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule was used to classify past-year DSM-IV alcohol use disorder and self-reported federal government-recommended weekly physical activity cutoffs. RESULTS: After statistically controlling for confounds, alcohol abuse but not dependence was associated with greater prevalence of physical activity. Number of alcohol use disorder symptoms exhibited a curvilinear relationship with meeting physical activity requirements, such that the positive association degraded with high symptom counts. CONCLUSION: There is a positive association between physical activity and less severe forms of alcohol use disorder in US adults. More severe forms of alcohol use disorder are not associated with physical activity.
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