… problem drinking in a German cohort. In addition, we examined whether age at first drink
remains a predictor of drinking … shared risk factors that precede first alcohol use, including family …

… . Impact of age at first drink on vulnerability to alcohol-related problems: testing the
marker hypothesis in a prospective study of young adults. J Psychiatr Res 2009;43:1205–12. …

… truly prospective test of the effects of AO and delay on later drinking. … period” of vulnerability
to the neurotoxic effects of alcohol … likely to be linked to other markers of deviance. However, …

… the vulnerability to subsequent alcohol problems because it occurs … Unfortunately,
investigations of the effect of age at first … between age at first drink and the risk of alcohol-related …

… the risk of developing alcohol-related problems, we further … relevant threshold rather than
a marker of disorder. Therefore… age of first exposure to alcohol (a few sips) and age of first full …

… that early initiation of drinking was a marker of an inherent liability … drinking despite
alcohol-related interpersonal problems. … supportive of underlying vulnerabilities than of direct …

… having the strongest effect on alcohol-related problems. These … alcohol-related problems,
and not potential cause-and-effect … Third, our key exposure, experiences of drunkenness, may …

… alcohol-related attitudes/behaviours, and individual factors. … is not a useful marker of future
alcohol problems, and efforts to … alcohol exposure is normative, the age of first intoxication is …

… developing alcohol and other substance use problems. As such, … In addition, we were able
to assess the potential impact of … would be a marker for an underlying vulnerability to alcohol …

… after exposure, those who initiated drinking before age 11 had … alcohol use may simply be a
marker or a symptom of other … , and recurrent alcohol-related legal problems. Alcohol misuse …