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Alcohol consumption and tobacco smoking among community-dwelling older Australian men
— the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project | | Author(s) | Jenni Ilomaki, Danijela Gnjidic, David G Le Couteur |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 33, no 3, September 2014 |
| Publisher | Wiley, September 2014 |
| Pages | pp 185-192 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Older men ; Alcoholic beverages ; Alcoholism ; Tobacco smoking ; Ill health ; Depression ; Anxiety ; At risk ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The present study aimed to describe the prevalence and correlates of alcohol consumption and tobacco smoking among older Australian men. Self-reported alcohol and tobacco use were assessed among a random sample of 1705 community-dwelling men aged 70 or more years living in Sydney from 2005 to 2007. Logistic regression was used to compute odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for factors associated with alcohol and tobacco use. Study results showed that the prevalence of heavy or excessive drinking was 19.2%, daily drinking 33.7%, and binge drinking 14.1%. Daily drinking was associated with chronic pain. Binge drinking was associated with anxiety and/or being widowed. Six per cent of men were current smokers and 56.7% were former smokers. Former smoking was associated with comorbidities and polypharmacy. Overall, nearly one-fifth of older men drank heavily or excessively. This highlights the need for public health initiatives to reduce alcohol consumption in older people. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150626270 A |
| Classmark | BC: YPP: ETA: ETT: CH: ENR: ENP: CA3: 7YA |
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