(TheDrinksBusiness) - A new study in the US has tracked the differences between black and white adolescent girls with regard to the types of alcohol consumed.

The research, undertaken by professors at several universities, claimed to show that black and white girls showed significantly different risk profiles when it came to drinking.

Co-author and associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Tammy Chung, said: “To my knowledge this is the first study to track changes over multiple years in adolescence regarding type of alcohol consumed by an individual, and to also look at changes in types of alcohol consumed, by race.”

Fellow author and associate professor in the department of health outcomes and policy at the University of Florida, Maldonado Molina, added: “This study is timely because only by understanding racial differences in the type of alcohol consumed can researchers and community decision-makers better tailor policies and preventive interventions to reduce the negative consequences of excessive alcohol use.