Mariana Alves de Almeida, Maira Tonidandel Barbosa, Elisa de Paula França Resende, Viviane Amaral Carvalho, Ana Paula Borges Santos, João Carlos Barbosa Machado, Vivian Proença Lara, Karina Braga Gomes, Thais Helena Machado, Paulo Caramelli
The relationship between alcohol consumption and cognition is still controversial. This is a cross-sectional population-based study conducted in Caeté (MG), Brazil, where 602 individuals aged 75+ years, 63.6% female, and with a mean education of 2.68 years, were submitted to thorough clinical assessments and categorized according to the number of alcoholic beverages consumed weekly. The prevalence rates of previous and current alcohol consumption were 34.6% and 12.3%, respectively. No association emerged between cognitive diagnoses and current/previous alcohol consumption categories...
March 12, 2024: Canadian Journal on Aging