Correlation Between Severity of Alcohol Dependence With Age of Onset and Family History Among Urban Alcoholics: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

BACKGROUNDA potentially powerful predictor of progression to alcohol-related harm is age at first use. Evidence suggests that the earlier the age at which young people take their first drink of alcohol, the greater the risk of abusive consumption and the development of alcohol related disorders. Equally important is the family history of alcoholism, which is associated with early age of drinking.

Age of onset of alcoholism

“…There are studies looking at family history and age of onset from India with systematic measures 10 13 19 27 . The conclusion from this study 8 also supports the relationship between family history and age of onset in an indirect manner.…”