Protocol - Cumulative Lifetime Alcohol Exposure

Personnel and Training Required

An interviewer who is trained to conduct personal interviews with individuals from the general population is required. The interviewer must be trained and found to be competent (i.e., tested by an expert) at the completion of personal interviews. The interviewer should be trained to prompt respondents further if a "dont know" response is provided. The questions could be adapted for use in a self-administered questionnaire.

Equipment Needs

None

Requirements

Requirement Category	Required
Major equipment	No
Specialized training	No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection	No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual	No

Mode of Administration

Interviewer-administered questionnaire

Lifestage

Adult

Participants

Women ages 20–75 years old*

*While this protocol was used in a study of women, the Cancer Working Group deems it appropriate to use with the general population.

Selection Rationale

The selected protocol obtains information about alcohol consumption at different time periods during the life course. This is important because of the latency of many cancers and the likelihood that habits earlier in life play a role in cancer initiation. Because drinking habits often differ at different periods of life (such as teen years/early 20s versus after age 60 years old), it is important to have these data to calculate total cumulative alcohol consumption over a persons lifetime.

Language

Chinese, English

Standards

Standard	Name	ID	Source
Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC)	Lifetime alcohol exp proto	62559-0	LOINC
Human Phenotype Ontology	Alcoholism	HP:0030956	HPO
caDSR Form	PhenX PX070101 - Cumulative Lifetime Alcohol Exposure	5963183	caDSR Form

Derived Variables

Process and Review

Not applicable.

Protocol Name from Source

Tri-State Womens Circle of Health Questionnaire, 06/18/07

Source

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Cancer Institute. Tri-State Womens Circle of Health Questionnaire, 06/18/07, page 39, questions L1–L4 (source for questions 1–4).

General References

None

Protocol ID

70101

Variables

Export Variables

Variable Name	Variable ID	Variable Description	dbGaP Mapping
PX070101_Drinking_Daily_Quantity_Fifties
	PX070101020503	How many drinks per day, week, month, or more year (did/do) you usually have when you were 50-59 years of age? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Daily_Quantity_Forties
	PX070101020403	How many drinks per day, week, month, or more year (did/do) you usually have when you were 40-49 years of age? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Daily_Quantity_Sixties
	PX070101020603	How many drinks per day, week, month, or more year (did/do) you usually have when you were Age 60 or older? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Daily_Quantity_Thirties
	PX070101020303	How many drinks per day, week, month, or more year (did/do) you usually have when you were 30-39 years of age? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Daily_Quantity_Twenties
	PX070101020203	How many drinks per day, week, month, or more year (did/do) you usually have when you were 20-29 years of age? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Daily_Quantity_Under_20
	PX070101020103	How many drinks per day, week, month, or more year (did/do) you usually have when you were Under 20 years of age? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Ever
	PX070101010000	Have you ever consumed alcoholic beverages, more such as beer, wine, or liquor at least once a week for 6 months or more? show less	Variable Mapping
PX070101_Drinking_Fifties
	PX070101020501	When you were 50-59 years of age, did you more drink alcoholic beverages at least once a week for 6 months or more? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Forties
	PX070101020401	When you were 40-49 years of age, did you more drink alcoholic beverages at least once a week for 6 months or more? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Sixties
	PX070101020601	When you were Age 60 or older, did you drink more alcoholic beverages at least once a week for 6 months or more? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Thirties
	PX070101020301	When you were 30-39 years of age, did you more drink alcoholic beverages at least once a week for 6 months or more? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Twenties
	PX070101020201	When you were 20-29 years of age, did you more drink alcoholic beverages at least once a week for 6 months or more? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Under_20
	PX070101020101	When you were Under 20 years of age, did you more drink alcoholic beverages at least once a week for 6 months or more? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Weekly_Quantity_Fifties
	PX070101020504	How many drinks per day, week, month, or more year (did/do) you usually have when you were 50-59 years of age? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Weekly_Quantity_Forties
	PX070101020404	How many drinks per day, week, month, or more year (did/do) you usually have when you were 40-49 years of age? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Weekly_Quantity_Sixties
	PX070101020604	How many drinks per day, week, month, or more year (did/do) you usually have when you were Age 60 or older? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Weekly_Quantity_Thirties
	PX070101020304	How many drinks per day, week, month, or more year (did/do) you usually have when you were 30-39 years of age? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Weekly_Quantity_Twenties
	PX070101020204	How many drinks per day, week, month, or more year (did/do) you usually have when you were 20-29 years of age? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Weekly_Quantity_Under_20
	PX070101020104	How many drinks per day, week, month, or more year (did/do) you usually have when you were Under 20 years of age? show less	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Years_Fifties
	PX070101020502	For how many years?	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Years_Forties
	PX070101020402	For how many years?	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Years_Sixties
	PX070101020602	For how many years?	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Years_Thirties
	PX070101020302	For how many years?	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Years_Twenties
	PX070101020202	For how many years?	N/A
PX070101_Drinking_Years_Under_20
	PX070101020102	For how many years?	N/A

Cancer

Measure Name

Cumulative Lifetime Alcohol Exposure

Release Date

December 30, 2009

Definition

Measure to determine total lifetime alcohol use

Purpose

To obtain information on total lifetime alcohol use, including information on specified time periods in the life course, because alcohol intake has been associated with an increased risk of certain cancers.

Keywords

cancer, alcohol, lifetime use, alcoholic, beer, wine, liquor

Measure Protocols

Protocol ID	Protocol Name
70101	Cumulative Lifetime Alcohol Exposure

Publications

There are no publications listed for this protocol.