Alcohol consumption and cognitive performance in a random sample of Australian soldiers who served in the Second World War

被引：43

作者：

Dent, OF

Sulway, MR

Broe, GA

Creasey, H

Kos, SC

Jorm, AF

Tennant, C

Fairley, MJ

机构：

[1] CONCORD HOSP, CTR EDUC & RES AGEING, SYDNEY, NSW 2319, AUSTRALIA

[2] CONCORD HOSP, DEPT RADIOL, SYDNEY, NSW 2139, AUSTRALIA

[3] CONCORD HOSP, DEPT PSYCHIAT, SYDNEY, NSW 2139, AUSTRALIA

[4] AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV, NATL HLTH & MRC SOCIAL PSYCHIAT RES UNIT, CANBERRA, ACT 0200, AUSTRALIA

[5] ROYAL N SHORE HOSP, SYDNEY ACAD PSYCHIAT UNIT, SYDNEY, NSW 2065, AUSTRALIA

来源：

BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL | 1997年 / 314卷 / 7095期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1136/bmj.314.7095.1655

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Objective: To examine the association between the average daily alcohol intake of older men in 1982 and cognitive performance and brain atrophy nine years later, Subjects: Random sample of 209 Australian men living in the community who were veterans of the second world war. Their mean age in 1982 was 64.3 years, Main outcome measures: 18 standard neuropsychological tests measuring a range of intellectual functions. Cortical, sylvian, and vermian atrophy on computed tomography. Results: Compared with Australian men of the same age in previous studies these men had sustained a high rate of alcohol consumption into old age, However, there was no significant correlation, linear or non-linear, between alcohol consumption in 1982 and results in any of die neuropsychological tests in 1991; neither was alcohol consumption associated with brain atrophy on computed tomography. Conclusion: No evidence was found that apparently persistent lifelong consumption of alcohol was related to the cognitive functioning of these men in old age.

引用

页码：1655 / 1657

页数：3

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