Prevalence of alcohol use and related factors in HIV positive and HIV negative males

Xiaotong Qiao; Xiaoxiao Chen; Haijiang Lin; Chenxi Ning; Yuanyuan XU; Weiwei Shen; Dan Zhao; Yingying Ding; Na HE

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Prevalence of alcohol use and related factors in HIV positive and HIV negative males

VernacularTitle: 男性HIV阳性者与HIV阴性对照者饮酒现状及其影响因素
Author: Xiaotong QIAO ¹ ; Xiaoxiao CHEN ² ; Haijiang LIN ² ; Chenxi NING ¹ ; Yuanyuan XU ² ; Weiwei SHEN ² ; Dan ZHAO ¹ ; Yingying DING ¹ ; Na HE ¹
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1. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety of Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
2. Taizhou Prefectural Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taizhou 318000, China
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: HIV; Alcohol use; Smoking; Related factor
From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2019;40(5):493-498
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective:To understand the prevalence of alcohol use and related factors in HIV positive and HIV negative males.
Methods:Baseline data were from the prospective cohort study of comparative HIV and aging research in Taizhou of Zhejiang province from January to December, 2017. The information about alcohol use in the last month was collected through a face-to-face questionnaire interview. Participants were categorized into non-current drinkers, light/moderate drinkers and heavy drinkers according to the US National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA) standard.
Results:A total of 1 367 HIV positive males and 2 418 HIV negative males were included. Current alcohol use rate (35.2%, 481/1 367) and heavy alcohol use rate (5.0%, 24/481) were significantly lower in HIV positive males than in HIV negative males (48.0%, 1 161/2 418; 23.5%, 273/1 161), but the proportion of drinking wine and yellow rice wine were significantly higher (21.8%, 105/481; 9.1%, 44/481) in HIV positive males than in HIV negative males (13.5%, 157/1 161; 5.8%, 67/1 161). The multivariate multinomial logistic regression analysis results showed that larger waist circumference, current smoking and regular physical exercise were associated with heavy alcohol use behavior in HIV positive males, and age ≥30 years, current smoking, regular physical exercise, higher score of depressive symptoms, heterosexual transmission route and baseline CD₄⁺T cells counts of 200-499 cells/μl were significantly associated with mild/moderate alcohol use behavior in HIV positive males.
Conclusions:The alcohol use rate was significantly lower in HIV positive males than in HIV negative males in Taizhou. It is important to strengthen intervention on alcohol drinking behavior and chronic disease risk factors, such as larger waist circumference, smoking and so on.