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Alcohol, gender and cognitive performance
— a longitudinal study comparing older Japanese and non-Hispanic white Americans | | Author(s) | Gail E Bond, Robert Burr, Susan M McCurry |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 16, no 5, November 2004 |
| Pages | pp 615-640 |
| Source | http://www.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Alcoholic beverages ; Older men ; Older women ; Cognitive processes ; Asian people ; Japan ; White people ; Comparison ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Recent data demonstrate that moderate consumption of alcohol may be beneficial to cognition. The people in this 4-year study were aged 65+, living in the community, and cognitively intact at baseline. The sample included 1,836 Japanese Americans (from the Kame Project) and 2,581 non-Hispanic White Americans (from the Adult Changes in Thought study, ACT). Cognitive performance was measured using the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI) and reaction times. Current drinkers scored significantly higher on CASI over time than past drinkers or abstainers. The same associations between alcohol and CASI was observed in both genders and in both ethnic groups. The study provides support regarding the potential beneficial outcomes associated with alcohol consumption and cognition, and that these benefits were not modified by gender or ethnicity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050202209 A |
| Classmark | YPP: BC: BD: DA: TKK: 7DT: TKA: 48: 3J: 7T |
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