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Moderate alcohol consumption in older adults is associated with better cognition and well-being than abstinence

Author(s) -

Iain Lang,

R. Bruce Wallace,

Felicia A. Huppert,

David Melzer

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afm001

Subject(s) - abstinence , medicine , cognition , longitudinal study , poison control , alcohol consumption , gerontology , injury prevention , depressive symptoms , mental health , suicide prevention , observational study , occupational safety and health , psychiatry , environmental health , alcohol , biochemistry , chemistry , pathology

There is evidence of a U-shaped association between alcohol consumption and physical health outcomes in older people, such that moderate drinking is associated with better outcomes than abstinence or heavy drinking, but whether moderate drinking in older people is associated with better cognition and mental health than non-drinking has not been explored.

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