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| Alcoholic beverage preference, 29-year mortality, and quality of life in men in old age | | Author(s) | Timo E Strandberg, Arto Y Strandberg, Veikko V Salomaa |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 62A, no 2, February 2007 |
| Pages | pp 213-218 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Older men ; Alcoholic beverages ; Death ; Quality of life ; Health [elderly] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Finland. |
| Annotation | In 1974, cardiovascular risk factors and beverage preferences were assessed in 2468 Finnish businessmen and executives aged 40-55. Of them, 133 did not use alcohol, 455 did not report a single preference, and 694 preferred beer, 251 wine, and 937 spirits. Quality of life with a RAND-36 Short Form (SF) instrument was surveyed in 2000 in survivors. Alcoholic beverage preference tracked well during follow-up. Total alcohol consumption was not significantly different between preference groups. Men with wine preference had the lowest total mortality due to lower cardiovascular mortality. With the spirits group as the reference category and age, cardiovascular risk factors and total alcohol consumption as covariates, wine drinkers had a 34% lower total mortality (relative risk 0.66); the relative risk for beer drinkers was 0.91). In this male cohort from the highest social class, wine preference was associated with lower mortality and better quality of life in old age. Mortality advantage was independent of overall alcohol consumption and cardiovascular risk factors, but contributing personal characteristics in early life differences cannot be excluded. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070926221 A |
| Classmark | BC: YPP: CW: F:59: CC: 3J: 76L |
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