Morgan Byrne1,2, Robert Deiss1,2,3, Octavio Mesner1,2,4, Margaret Glancey1,2, Anuradha Ganesan1,2,5, Jason Okulicz6, Karl Kronmann7, Ryan Maves3, Christina Schofield8, Brian Agan1,2, Grace Macalino1,2,9. 1. Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD. 2. The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD. 3. Division of Infectious Diseases, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA. 4. Currently at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. 5. Division of Infectious Diseases, Walter Reed Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. 6. Infectious Disease Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX. 7. Division of Infectious Diseases, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA. 8. Division of Infectious Diseases, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA. 9. Currently at Marimac Insight, LLC, Simpsonville, MD.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: There is a high prevalence of at-risk drinking in the U.S. military. Among HIV-infected individuals, alcohol abuse confers additional risk for adverse health outcomes. In the military, however, the characteristics of HIV-infected individuals who engage in high-risk drinking are not well defined. The purpose of this study was to assess risk factors associated with at-risk drinking in an HIV-positive longitudinal cohort of DoD beneficiaries. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Annual prevalence of at-risk drinking was calculated for members of the U.S. Military HIV Natural History Study who initiated highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) during or after January 2006 through May 2014; each participant completed at least one self-reported alcohol survey within a year of HAART initiation. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression was used to analyze factors associated with at-risk drinking. RESULTS: Sixty-six percent of subjects (495/752) reported at-risk drinking on at least one survey after HAART initiation. At-risk drinkers were more likely to be Active Duty compared to Retired (OR 0.65 95% CI [0.46, 0.92]). In multivariate models, Caucasian race (OR 3.30 95% CI [2.31, 4.71]); Hispanic/other race (OR 2.17 95% CI [1.51, 3.14]) and younger age (OR 0.61 per 10 years older, [95%CI 0.49, 0.75]) were significantly associated with at-risk drinking. Single relationship status (OR 1.51 95% CI [1.08, 2.13]) was also associated with at-risk drinking. CONCLUSIONS: Consistent with general alcohol consumption patterns in the military, we found a high prevalence of at-risk drinking among individuals with HIV infection, which was associated most closely with young, non-African Americans. Targeting interventions toward this group will be important to reduce at-risk drinking and its potential for HIV-related complications. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2018.
INTRODUCTION: There is a high prevalence of at-risk drinking in the U.S. military. Among HIV-infected individuals, alcohol abuse confers additional risk for adverse health outcomes. In the military, however, the characteristics of HIV-infected individuals who engage in high-risk drinking are not well defined. The purpose of this study was to assess risk factors associated with at-risk drinking in an HIV-positive longitudinal cohort of DoD beneficiaries. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Annual prevalence of at-risk drinking was calculated for members of the U.S. Military HIV Natural History Study who initiated highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) during or after January 2006 through May 2014; each participant completed at least one self-reported alcohol survey within a year of HAART initiation. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression was used to analyze factors associated with at-risk drinking. RESULTS: Sixty-six percent of subjects (495/752) reported at-risk drinking on at least one survey after HAART initiation. At-risk drinkers were more likely to be Active Duty compared to Retired (OR 0.65 95% CI [0.46, 0.92]). In multivariate models, Caucasian race (OR 3.30 95% CI [2.31, 4.71]); Hispanic/other race (OR 2.17 95% CI [1.51, 3.14]) and younger age (OR 0.61 per 10 years older, [95%CI 0.49, 0.75]) were significantly associated with at-risk drinking. Single relationship status (OR 1.51 95% CI [1.08, 2.13]) was also associated with at-risk drinking. CONCLUSIONS: Consistent with general alcohol consumption patterns in the military, we found a high prevalence of at-risk drinking among individuals with HIV infection, which was associated most closely with young, non-African Americans. Targeting interventions toward this group will be important to reduce at-risk drinking and its potential for HIV-related complications. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2018.
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Alcohol; At-Risk Drinking; HIV; Military
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