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- Title
Prospective Study of Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Dementia in Older Adults.
- Authors
Mukamal, Kenneth J.; Kuller, Lewis H.; Fitzpatrick, Annette L.; Longstreth Jr., W.T.; Mittleman, Murray A.; Siscovick, David S.
- Abstract
Determines the prospective relationship of alcohol consumption and risk of dementia in older adults. Design, setting, patients, main outcome measures, and results; Conclusion that consumption of one to six drinks weekly is linked to a lower risk of incident dementia in older adults when compared with abstention.
- Subjects
DEMENTIA risk factors; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of alcohol; HEALTH of adults; ALCOHOL drinking; DISEASE risk factors; COMPLICATIONS of alcoholism; HEALTH outcome assessment
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003, Vol 289, Issue 11, p1405
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.289.11.1405