Factors related to increased alcohol misuse by students compared to non-students during the first Covid-19 lockdown in France: the Confins study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe Confins cohort followed the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, and the collection, storage, and analysis of the data complied with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR). The study was approved by a French Committee for the Protection of Individuals (Comité de Protection des Personnes—CPP, nr. 46–2020) for studies involving humans. In France, the Committee for the Protection of Individuals is the Ethics Committee for Biomedical Research (clinical trials or observational studies) involving human subjects. It approved the present study. The study was also approved by the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés—CNIL, nr. MLD/MFI/AR205600).An information note was available online on the study website; it was mandatory to read it and tick the consent to participate before accessing the questionnaire. Therefore, electronic informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study. Then, the survey was anonymous. This consent method was approved by the French Committee for the Protection of Individuals. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding The study was funded by the University of Bordeaux, Kap Code, and the Kappa Santé CRO. The HEALTHY team is currently supported by an unrestricted grant from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regional Council (Conseil Régional Nouvelle-Aquitaine, grant no. 4370420). It has also received grants from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regional Health Agency (Agence Régionale de Santé Nouvelle Aquitaine, grant no. 6066R-8 R-8), Public Health France (Santé Publique France, grant no. 19DPPP023-0), and The National Institute against Cancer INCa (grant no. INCa_11502). M.M. was supported by a PhD grant from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regional Council (grant no. 17-EURE-0019). The funding sources had no role in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication."