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Type of alcohol consumed, changes in intake over time and mortality
— the Leisure World Cohort Study | | Author(s) | Annlia Paganini-Hill, Claudia H Kawas, Maria M Corrada |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 36, no 2, March 2007 |
| Pages | pp 203-208 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Alcoholic beverages ; Death rate [statistics] ; Retirement communities ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Participants in the Leisure World Cohort Study were residents in a California retirement community, and were followed for 23 years (1981-2004). In 1992 and 1998, they completed a postal health survey that included details of alcohol consumption. Of the 8644 women and 4980 men with complete information on the variables of interest, 6930 women and 4456 men had died by 31 December 2004. The study found that compared to non-drinkers, older men and women who drank alcohol had decreased mortality, with those who consumed two or more drinks per day having a 15% reduced risk of death. The lower risk of death was not limited to any one type of alcohol. Moreover, whereas starters (non-drinker at baseline who reported drinking at follow-up) acquired the mortality risk associated with moderate drinking, quitters (baseline drinkers who reported not drinking at follow-up) were at increased risk of death. From this study's results, it would seem that moderate alcohol intake exhibits a beneficial effect on mortality for older men and women. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070503212 A |
| Classmark | YPP: S5: ROA: 3J: 7T |
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