Association of Alcohol Consumption with Cognition and Functionality in Older Adults Aged 75+ Years: The Pietà Study.

Autor: de Almeida MA; Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Research Group, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Barbosa MT; Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Research Group, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Resende EPF; Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Research Group, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.; Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais/EBSERH, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Carvalho VA; Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Research Group, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Santos APB; Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais/EBSERH, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Machado JCB; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Lara VP; Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Gomes KB; Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Machado TH; Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Research Group, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.; Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Caramelli P; Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Research Group, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement [Can J Aging] 2024 Mar 12, pp. 1-11. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 12.
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980824000126
Abstrakt: 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. Considering current alcohol intake as a dichotomous variable, the absence of alcohol consumption was associated with dementia (OR = 2.34; 95%CI: 1.39-3.90) and worse functionality (p = 0.001). Previous consumption of cachaça (sugar cane liquor) increased the risk of dementia by 2.52 (95%CI: 1.25-5.04). The association between the consumption of cachaça and dementia diagnosis has not been described before.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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