Adverse childhood experiences and sipping alcohol in U.S. children: Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study

Jason M. Nagata; Natalia Smith; Omar M. Sajjad; Gabriel Zamora; Julia H. Raney; Kyle T. Ganson; Alexander Testa; Eric Vittinghoff; Dylan B. Jackson

Preventive Medicine Reports (Apr 2023)

Adverse childhood experiences and sipping alcohol in U.S. children: Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study

Jason M. Nagata,
Natalia Smith,
Omar M. Sajjad,
Gabriel Zamora,
Julia H. Raney,
Kyle T. Ganson,
Alexander Testa,
Eric Vittinghoff,
Dylan B. Jackson

Affiliations

Jason M. Nagata: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th Street, 4th Floor, Box 0503, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Corresponding author at: UCSF Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Box 0503, 550 16th Street, Floor 4, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Natalia Smith: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th Street, 4th Floor, Box 0503, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Omar M. Sajjad: Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, 1 Rope Ferry Rd, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
Gabriel Zamora: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th Street, 4th Floor, Box 0503, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Julia H. Raney: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th Street, 4th Floor, Box 0503, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Kyle T. Ganson: Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1V4, Canada
Alexander Testa: Department of Management, Policy and Community Health, University of Texas Health, Science Center at Houston, 7000 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Eric Vittinghoff: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Dylan B. Jackson: Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 32
p. 102153

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The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between accumulating adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and sipping alcohol in a large, nationwide sample of 9-to-10-year-old U.S. children. We analyzed data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (2016–2018). Of 10,853 children (49.1 % female), 23.4 % reported ever sipping alcohol. A greater ACE score was associated with a higher risk of sipping alcohol. Having 4 or more ACEs placed children at 1.27 times the risk (95 % CI 1.11–1.45) of sipping alcohol compared to children with no ACEs. Among the nine distinct ACEs examined, household violence (Risk Ratio [RR] = 1.13, 95 % CI 1.04–1.22) and household alcohol abuse (RR = 1.14, 95 % CI 1.05–1.22) were associated with sipping alcohol during childhood. Our findings indicate a need for increased clinical attention to alcohol sipping among ACE-exposed children.

Published in Preventive Medicine Reports

ISSN: 2211-3355 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/preventive-medicine-reports/

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