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The Impact of Increasing the Minimum Legal Drinking Age from 18 to 20 Years in Lithuania on All-Cause Mortality in Young Adults-An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis

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The Impact of Increasing the Minimum Legal Drinking Age from 18 to 20 Years in Lithuania on All-Cause Mortality in Young Adults-An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis. / Tran, Alexander; Jiang, Huan; Lange, Shannon; Livingston, Michael; Manthey, Jakob; Neufeld, Maria; Room, Robin; Štelemėkas, Mindaugas; Telksnys, Tadas; Petkevičienė, Janina; Radišauskas, Ričardas; Rehm, Jürgen.

In: ALCOHOL ALCOHOLISM, Vol. 57, No. 4, 09.07.2022, p. 513-519.

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Tran, A, Jiang, H, Lange, S, Livingston, M, Manthey, J, Neufeld, M, Room, R, Štelemėkas, M, Telksnys, T, Petkevičienė, J, Radišauskas, R & Rehm, J 2022, 'The Impact of Increasing the Minimum Legal Drinking Age from 18 to 20 Years in Lithuania on All-Cause Mortality in Young Adults-An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis', ALCOHOL ALCOHOLISM, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 513-519. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agab076

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Tran, A., Jiang, H., Lange, S., Livingston, M., Manthey, J., Neufeld, M., Room, R., Štelemėkas, M., Telksnys, T., Petkevičienė, J., Radišauskas, R., & Rehm, J. (2022). The Impact of Increasing the Minimum Legal Drinking Age from 18 to 20 Years in Lithuania on All-Cause Mortality in Young Adults-An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis. ALCOHOL ALCOHOLISM, 57(4), 513-519. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agab076

Vancouver

Tran A, Jiang H, Lange S, Livingston M, Manthey J, Neufeld M et al. The Impact of Increasing the Minimum Legal Drinking Age from 18 to 20 Years in Lithuania on All-Cause Mortality in Young Adults-An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis. ALCOHOL ALCOHOLISM. 2022 Jul 9;57(4):513-519. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agab076

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title = "The Impact of Increasing the Minimum Legal Drinking Age from 18 to 20 Years in Lithuania on All-Cause Mortality in Young Adults-An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis",
abstract = "AIMS: To determine the effect of an alcohol policy change, which increased the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) from 18 years of age to 20 years of age on all-cause mortality rates in young adults (18-19 years old) in Lithuania.METHODS: An interrupted time series analysis was conducted on a dataset from 2001 to 2019 (n = 228 months). The model tested the effects of the MLDA on all-cause mortality rates (deaths per 100,000 individuals) in three age categories (15-17 years old, 18-19 years old, 20-22 years old) in order to control for general mortality trends in young adults, and to isolate the effects of the MLDA from other alcohol control policies. Additional models that included GDP as a covariate and a taxation policy were tested as well.RESULTS: There was a significant effect of the MLDA on all-cause mortality rates in those 18-19 years old, when modelled alone. Additional analyses controlling for the mortality rate of other age groups showed similar findings. Inclusion of confounding factors (policies on alcohol taxation, GDP) eliminated the effects of MLDA.CONCLUSIONS: Although there was a notable decline in all-cause mortality rates among young adults in Lithuania, a direct causal impact of MLDA on all-cause mortality rates in young adults was not definitively found.",
author = "Alexander Tran and Huan Jiang and Shannon Lange and Michael Livingston and Jakob Manthey and Maria Neufeld and Robin Room and Mindaugas {\v S}telemėkas and Tadas Telksnys and Janina Petkevi{\v c}ienė and Ri{\v c}ardas Radi{\v s}auskas and J{\"u}rgen Rehm",
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T1 - The Impact of Increasing the Minimum Legal Drinking Age from 18 to 20 Years in Lithuania on All-Cause Mortality in Young Adults-An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis

AU - Tran, Alexander

AU - Jiang, Huan

AU - Lange, Shannon

AU - Livingston, Michael

AU - Manthey, Jakob

AU - Neufeld, Maria

AU - Room, Robin

AU - Štelemėkas, Mindaugas

AU - Telksnys, Tadas

AU - Petkevičienė, Janina

AU - Radišauskas, Ričardas

AU - Rehm, Jürgen

N1 - © The Author(s) 2021. Medical Council on Alcohol and Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

PY - 2022/7/9

Y1 - 2022/7/9

N2 - AIMS: To determine the effect of an alcohol policy change, which increased the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) from 18 years of age to 20 years of age on all-cause mortality rates in young adults (18-19 years old) in Lithuania.METHODS: An interrupted time series analysis was conducted on a dataset from 2001 to 2019 (n = 228 months). The model tested the effects of the MLDA on all-cause mortality rates (deaths per 100,000 individuals) in three age categories (15-17 years old, 18-19 years old, 20-22 years old) in order to control for general mortality trends in young adults, and to isolate the effects of the MLDA from other alcohol control policies. Additional models that included GDP as a covariate and a taxation policy were tested as well.RESULTS: There was a significant effect of the MLDA on all-cause mortality rates in those 18-19 years old, when modelled alone. Additional analyses controlling for the mortality rate of other age groups showed similar findings. Inclusion of confounding factors (policies on alcohol taxation, GDP) eliminated the effects of MLDA.CONCLUSIONS: Although there was a notable decline in all-cause mortality rates among young adults in Lithuania, a direct causal impact of MLDA on all-cause mortality rates in young adults was not definitively found.

AB - AIMS: To determine the effect of an alcohol policy change, which increased the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) from 18 years of age to 20 years of age on all-cause mortality rates in young adults (18-19 years old) in Lithuania.METHODS: An interrupted time series analysis was conducted on a dataset from 2001 to 2019 (n = 228 months). The model tested the effects of the MLDA on all-cause mortality rates (deaths per 100,000 individuals) in three age categories (15-17 years old, 18-19 years old, 20-22 years old) in order to control for general mortality trends in young adults, and to isolate the effects of the MLDA from other alcohol control policies. Additional models that included GDP as a covariate and a taxation policy were tested as well.RESULTS: There was a significant effect of the MLDA on all-cause mortality rates in those 18-19 years old, when modelled alone. Additional analyses controlling for the mortality rate of other age groups showed similar findings. Inclusion of confounding factors (policies on alcohol taxation, GDP) eliminated the effects of MLDA.CONCLUSIONS: Although there was a notable decline in all-cause mortality rates among young adults in Lithuania, a direct causal impact of MLDA on all-cause mortality rates in young adults was not definitively found.

U2 - 10.1093/alcalc/agab076

DO - 10.1093/alcalc/agab076

M3 - SCORING: Journal article

C2 - 34864838

VL - 57

SP - 513

EP - 519

JO - ALCOHOL ALCOHOLISM

JF - ALCOHOL ALCOHOLISM

SN - 0735-0414

IS - 4

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