TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Alcohol consumption and cognitive performance in a random sample of Australian soldiers who served in the Second World War
JO  - British medical journal: BMJ
A1  - Dent, O. F.
A1  - Sulway, M. R.
A1  - Broe, G. A.
A1  - Creasey, H.
A1  - Kos, S. C.
A1  - Jorm, A. F.
A1  - Tennant, C.
A1  - Fairley, M. J.
SP  - 1655
EP  - 1657
VL  - 314
IS  - 7095
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between the average daily alcohol intake of older men in 1982 and cognitive performance and brain atrophy nine years later. SUBJECTS: Random sample of 209 Australian men living in the community who were veterans of the second world war. Their mean age in 1982 was 64.3 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: 18 standard neuropsychological tests measuring a range of intellectual functions. Cortical, sylvian, and vermian atrophy on computed tomography. RESULTS: Compared with Australian men of the same age in previous studies these men had sustained a high rate of alcohol consumption into old age. However, there was no significant correlation, linear or non-linear, between alcohol consumption in 1982 and results in any of the neuropsychological tests in 1991; neither was alcohol consumption associated with brain atrophy on computed tomography. CONCLUSION: No evidence was found that apparently persistent lifelong consumption of alcohol was related to the cognitive functioning of these men in old age.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0959-8138
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -