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- Title
Moderate alcohol consumption in older adults is associated with better cognition and well-being than abstinence.
- Authors
Lang, Iain; Wallace, Robert B; Huppert, Felicia A; Melzer, David
- Abstract
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.
- Publication
Age and ageing, 2007, Vol 36, Issue 3, p256
- ISSN
0002-0729
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/ageing/afm001