The impact of heavy alcohol consumption on cognitive impairment in young old and middle old persons

Dementia indicates a significant disease burden worldwide with increased population aging. This study aimed to investigate the impact of alcohol consumption on the risk of cognitive impairment in older adults. Participants ≥ 60 years were administered the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) to eva...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of translational medicine 2022-04, Vol.20 (1), p.155-155, Article 155
Main Authors: Yen, Fu-Shun, Wang, Shiow-Ing, Lin, Shih-Yi, Chao, Yung-Hsiang, Wei, James Cheng-Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aging
Alcohol drinking
Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol use
Body mass index
Cognition
Cognitive ability
Cognitive Dysfunction - diagnosis
Cognitive Dysfunction - epidemiology
Cognitive Dysfunction - etiology
Cognitive impairment
Dementia
Dementia disorders
Drinking behavior
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Health aspects
Hispanic people
Humans
Institutionalization
Kidney diseases
Male
Memory
Middle Aged
Middle old
Multivariate analysis
Nutrition
Nutrition Surveys
Odds Ratio
Older adults
Older people
Population
Population studies
Psychological aspects
Review boards
Risk factors
Young old
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Dementia indicates a significant disease burden worldwide with increased population aging. This study aimed to investigate the impact of alcohol consumption on the risk of cognitive impairment in older adults. Participants ≥ 60 years were administered the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) to evaluate cognitive function in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cycles from 1999 to 2002 and 2011 to 2014 for enrollment in the present study. Participants were categorized into non-drinker, drinker, and heavy drinker groups. Logistic regression analyses were performed to explore associations between cognitive impairment and alcohol consumption. Multivariate analysis showed that older adults, men, people from minority races, persons with lower education or income levels, social difficulties, hypertension, or chronic kidney disease were significantly associated with a higher risk of cognitive impairment (all p 
ISSN:1479-5876
1479-5876
DOI:10.1186/s12967-022-03353-3