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This study estimates the national prevalence of binge drinking and adds to our understanding of correlates of binge drinking among older adults in the United States.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>DESIGN<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cross\u2010sectional analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>SETTING\/PARTICIPANTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 10 927 adults, aged\u200965\u2009years or older, from the 2015 to 2017 administrations of the US National Survey on Drug Use and Health.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>MEASUREMENTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We estimated the prevalence of past\u2010month binge alcohol use (five or more drinks on the same occasion for men and\u2009four or more drinks on the same occasion for women). Characteristics of past\u2010month binge drinkers, including demographics, substance use, serious mental illness, mental health treatment utilization, chronic disease, and emergency department (ED) use, were compared to participants who reported past\u2010month alcohol use without binge drinking. Comparisons were made using \u03c7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      tests. We then used multivariable generalized linear models using Poisson and log link to examine the association between covariates and binge drinking among all past\u2010month alcohol users aged\u200965 years or older.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 10 927 respondents, 10.6% (95% CI = 9.9%\u201011.2%) were estimated to be current binge drinkers. Binge drinkers were more likely to be male, have a higher prevalence of current tobacco and\/or cannabis use, and have a lower prevalence of two or more chronic diseases compared to nonbinge drinkers. In multivariable analysis, among past\u2010month alcohol users, the prevalence of binge drinking was higher among non\u2010Hispanic African Americans than whites (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR] = 1.44; 95% CI = 1.16\u20101.80), tobacco users (aPR = 1.52; 95% CI = 1.33\u20101.74), cannabis users (aPR = 1.41; 95% CI = 1.11\u20101.80), and those who visited the ED in the past year (aPR = 1.16; 95% CI = 1.00\u20101.33).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Over a tenth of older adults in the United States are estimated to be current binge drinkers. Results confirm the importance of screening for binge drinking behaviors among older adults to minimize harms.\n                      <jats:bold>J Am Geriatr Soc 67:2139\u20132144, 2019<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jgs.16071","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,7,31]],"date-time":"2019-07-31T04:01:21Z","timestamp":1564545681000},"page":"2139-2144","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":109,"title":["Binge Drinking Among Older Adults in the United States, 2015 to 2017"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"67","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6882-0142","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Benjamin H.","family":"Han","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine New York University School of Medicine New York New York"},{"name":"Center for Drug Use and HIV\/HCV Research New York University College of Global Public Health New York New York"},{"name":"Department of Population Health New York University Langone Medical Center New York New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alison A.","family":"Moore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rosie","family":"Ferris","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine New York University School of Medicine New York New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joseph J.","family":"Palamar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Drug Use and HIV\/HCV Research New York University College of Global Public Health New York New York"},{"name":"Department of Population Health New York University Langone Medical Center New York New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,7,31]]},"reference":[{"issue":"9","key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"911","DOI":"10.1001\/jamapsychiatry.2017.2161","article-title":"Prevalence of 12\u2010month alcohol use, high\u2010risk drinking, and DSM\u2010IV alcohol use disorder in the United States, 2001\u20102002 to 2012\u20102013: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions","volume":"74","author":"Grant BF","year":"2017","journal-title":"JAMA Psychiat"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"198","DOI":"10.1016\/j.drugalcdep.2016.11.003","article-title":"Demographic trends of binge alcohol use and alcohol use disorders among older adults in the United States, 2005\u20102014","volume":"170","author":"Han BH","year":"2017","journal-title":"Drug Alcohol Depend"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_1","unstructured":"Centers for Disease Control 2015.Fact Sheets \u2010 Binge Drinking. 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