Alcohol use among older adults: SABE cohort study, São Paulo, Brazil

In recent years, Brazil has demonstrated a new demographic pattern characterized by a reduction in both birth and mortality rates and a significant increase in the number of older adults. The purpose of the present study was to describe the frequency of alcohol intake in a representative sample comm...

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Published in:PloS one 2014, Vol.9 (1), p.e85548-e85548
Main Authors: Wagner, Gabriela Arantes, Lebrão, Maria Lucia, Duarte, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira, Zanetta, Dirce Maria Trevisan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Aged
Aging
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol use
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholism
Alcohols
Biology
Brazil - epidemiology
Chronic illnesses
Cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
Data Collection
Demographics
Epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Medicine
Mortality
Older people
Population
Population studies
Public health
Sociodemographics
Studies
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Summary:In recent years, Brazil has demonstrated a new demographic pattern characterized by a reduction in both birth and mortality rates and a significant increase in the number of older adults. The purpose of the present study was to describe the frequency of alcohol intake in a representative sample community of older adults in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, followed over a six-year period. A prospective Saúde, Bem-Estar e Envelhecimento (SABE [Health, Wellbeing and Aging]) cohort study conducted in 2000 and 2006 in City of São Paulo, Brazil. 2,143 individuals aged 60 years or older selected through multi-stage sampling in the year 2000 (41.4% male and 58.6% women) and 1,115 individuals belonging to the follow-up cohort evaluated in 2006. The frequency of alcohol intake in the previous three months was obtained through self-reports of interviewees. The results demonstrate that in 2000, alcohol consumption was less than one day a week among 79.7% of the sample, one to three days a week among 13.0% and four or more days a week among 7.3%. In agreement with findings on other populations, consumption four or more days a week was more frequent among the male gender as well as those with greater schooling and income and good self-rated health (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0085548