Alcohol consumption and self-reported (SF12) physical and mental health among working-aged men in a typical Russian city: a cross-sectional study

To investigate the association between patterns of alcohol consumption and self-reported physical and mental health in a population with a high prevalence of hazardous drinking.



Cross-sectional study of an age-stratified random sample of a population register.




The city of Izhevsk, The Russian Federation, 2008–09.




A total of 1031 men aged 25–60 years (68% response rate).