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JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
卷 69, 期 12, 页码 1528-1535出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu092
关键词
Alcohol consumption; Brain aging; Epidemiology; Imaging; Cognitive aging
资金
- National Institutes of Health [N01-AG-12100]
- National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program
- Hjartavernd (the Icelandic Heart Association)
- Althingi (the Icelandic Parliament)
- University of Iceland Research Fund
Background. Studies of older persons show consumption of light-to-moderate amounts of alcohol is positively associated with cognitive function and, separately, is negatively associated with total brain volume (TBV). This is paradoxical as generally, cognitive function is positively associated with TBV. We examined the relationships of TBV, global cognitive function (GCF), and alcohol consumption in a population-based cohort of 3,363 men and women (b. 1907-1935) participating in the Age Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study (2002-2006) and who were free of dementia or mild cognitive impairment Methods. Drinking status (never, former, and current) and current amount of alcohol consumed were assessed by questionnaire. GCF is a composite score derived from a battery of cognitive tests. TBV, standardized to head size, is estimated quantitatively from brain magnetic resonance imaging. Results. Among women and not men, adjusting for demographic and cardiovascular risk factors, current drinkers had significantly higher GCF scores than abstainers and former drinkers (p < .0001); and GCF was associated with amount consumed. TBV was not associated with drinking status or amount consumed in men or women. GCF and TBV did significantly differ in their associations across alcohol categories (p(interaction) < .001). Within categories of alcohol intake, GCF and TBV were positively associated. Conclusions. The difference in associations of alcohol intake to brain structure and function suggests there may be unmeasured factors that contribute to maintaining better GCF relative to TBV. However, at higher levels of reasonable alcohol consumption, there may be factors leading to reduced brain volume.
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