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| Smoking, drinking, and other life style factors and cognitive function in men in the Caerphilly cohort | | Author(s) | P C Elwood, J E J Gallacher, Carol A Hopkinson |
| Journal title | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol 53, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 9-14 |
| Keywords | Tobacco smoking ; Alcoholism ; Alcoholic beverages ; Mental health [elderly] ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Middle aged ; Older men ; Cross sectional surveys ; Caerphilly. |
| Annotation | The Caerphilly Prospective Study of Heart Disease was originally set up in 1979-83, from which a representative sample of 1870 (out of 2154) men aged 55-69 agreed to cognitive testing. Extensive data are available on a wide range of lifestyle and other factors of possible relevance to cognitive decline. Associations between some of these and cognitive function are reported. Age and social class show strong associations with cognitive function. Leisure pursuits and social contact are also both positively associated. Neither tobacco smoking nor the drinking of alcohol seem to be associated with cognitive function, though there is evidence suggestive of self selection of both men who had never smoked and ex-smokers. There was no significant association between alcohol consumption and cognitive function, though ex-drinkers had markedly lower test scores than either current drinkers or men who had never drunk alcohol. This seemed probably to be a consequence of a high prevalence of illness among ex-drinkers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000105004 A |
| Classmark | ETT: ETA: YPP: D: F: SE: BC: 3KB: 94E * |
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