age at first drink risk_factor_for alcohol dependence

Subject: age at first drink
Relation: risk_factor_for
Object: alcohol dependence
p-value: —

Evidence from: primary | all sources

Evidence (2 sources)

Timing of first alcohol use and alcohol dependence: evidence of common genetic influences. (2009) PMID:19686520 cited

initiation of alcohol use at a younger than average age was associated with elevated rates of subsequent AD

confidence: 0.90

Age at first drink and the first incidence of adult-onset DSM-IV alcohol use disorders. (2008) PMID:18828796 cited

early AFD was as strongly associated with ... dependence

confidence: 0.90