Alcohol and cognitive performance: a longitudinal study of older Japanese Americans. The Kame Project

Bond, Gail E.; Burr, Robert L.; McCurry, Susan M.; Rice, Madeline Murguia; Borenstein, Amy R.; Larson, Eric B.

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“…Our findings are in agreement with other recent prospective studies showing that alcohol intake may decrease the risk of cognitive decline [1,13,29] . One prospective study found no effect, but they used the Mini Mental State Exam, which lacks sensitivity [14] .…”

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Reported Alcohol Consumption and Cognitive Decline: The Northern Manhattan Study

Wright¹,

Elkind²,

Luo³

et al. 2006

Neuroepidemiology

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Background: Moderate alcohol intake may slow cognitive decline, and both vascular and neurodegenerative mechanisms have been implicated. Methods: We examined reported alcohol intake and cognitive decline in a community-based cohort of Hispanic, black and white individuals (n = 1,428). The role of the apolipoprotein E Ε4 (APOE4) allele as a modifier was also studied. Results and Conclusions: Reported drinking was as follows: 300 participants (21%) were ‘never’ drinkers, 622 (44%) ‘past’ drinkers, 145 (10%) reported taking less than 1 drink weekly, 330 (23%) 1 drink weekly up to 2 daily and 31 (2%) more than 2 drinks daily. A positive relationship was seen between reported alcohol intake and cognition. Drinking less than 1 drink a week (p = 0.09), between 1 drink weekly up to 2 drinks daily (p = 0.001) and more than 2 drinks daily (p = 0.003) were associated with less cognitive decline on the modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status compared to never drinkers. This dose-response relationship was not modified by the presence of an APOE4 allele in a subsample.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Reported Alcohol Consumption and Cognitive Decline: The Northern Manhattan Study

Wright¹,

Elkind²,

Luo³

et al. 2006

Neuroepidemiology

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“…This improvement specifically encompasses baseline attention, processing speed, which is the ability to perform tasks requiring rapid visual scanning and mental processing of information, memory such as verbal knowledge or memory including immediate and delayed recall, recognition memory, figural memory and working memory, as well as motor speed. This has been observed for both men and women [62,[66][67][68][69]. Gross et al (2011) concluded that that the consumption of alcoholic beverages three to four times per week or low levels of drinks per week through midlife and into later life, confers the best cognitive outcomes in old age, as defined by wordfinding ability in late life, a measure of executive function [70].…”

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Wine consumption, cognitive function and dementias – A relationship?

Stockley

2016

NUA

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Abstract. Healthy cognitive function is essential for quality of life, wellbeing and independent living, and is negatively associated with dementias. A series of longitudinal and neuro-imaging studies in the elderly have shown that light to moderate wine consumption is neuro-protective although heavy or abusive alcohol consumption is neuro-toxic. A J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption, cognitive dysfunction and risk of dementias is also observed for younger and middle aged consumers. There is also no data to suggest that long-term light to moderate alcohol consumption exacerbates age-related cognitive decline and impairment. An optimal amount of wine for neuro-protection appears to be up to 30 g alcohol daily.There are multiple plausible biological mechanisms in various animal models, in vitro and in vivo for wine-derived phenolic compounds which go beyond their antioxidant activity and attenuation of oxidative stress.

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“…In various cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, better cognitive performance in older adults has been found to be associated with: (i) socioeconomic status (younger age, female or male gender, higher education, greater wealth, population group); [3][4][5] (ii) illness conditions and health status (fewer depressive symptoms, no hypertension, no cardiovascular disease, particularly heart failure, no type 2 diabetes, no insomnia, no malnourishment, better quality of life (QoL) and life satisfaction); 6-13 (iii) social coherence and contact (attendance at religious gatherings); 4,14 and (iv) healthy behaviour (physical activity, no smoking and moderate alcohol use). [15][16][17][18][19][20] We aimed to investigate cognitive functioning and associated factors in a national probability sample of older South Africans who participated in the Study of Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) in 2008. …”

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Cognitive functioning and associated factors in older adults in South Africa

Peltzer

Phaswana‐Mafuya

2012

S. Afr. J. Psych.

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Cognition can be divided into domains of ability including orientation, memory, executive function and language.1 Cognitive function is influenced by many factors such as genes, home environment in childhood, education and occupation.1 Cognitive decline is first detectable in the fifth decade of life, with age-related decline from this point onwards.2 There is little research on cognitive functioning and variability among older adults in South Africa. In various cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, better cognitive performance in older adults has been found to be associated with: (i) socioeconomic status (younger age, female or male gender, higher education, greater wealth, population group); [3][4][5] (ii) illness conditions and health status (fewer depressive symptoms, no hypertension, no cardiovascular disease, particularly heart failure, no type 2 diabetes, no insomnia, no malnourishment, better quality of life (QoL) and life satisfaction); 6-13 (iii) social coherence and contact (attendance at religious gatherings); 4,14 and (iv) healthy behaviour (physical activity, no smoking and moderate alcohol use). [15][16][17][18][19][20] We aimed to investigate cognitive functioning and associated factors in a national probability sample of older South Africans who participated in the Study of Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) in 2008. MethodsIn 2008 we conducted a national population-based cross-sectional study with a sample of 3 840 South African adults aged ≥50 years. The SAGE twostage probability sample design yielded national and sub-national estimates to an acceptable precision at provincial level, by locality type (urban and rural) and population group (black, coloured, Indian/Asian and white). The individual response rate among adults aged ≥50 years was 77%.We administered a questionnaire surveying socio-demographic characteristics and health variables, and conducted anthropometric and blood pressure measurements. The questionnaire was translated into the major languages of the participants (Afrikaans, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Tswana, isiXhosa and isiZulu). Simultaneous translation was used for respondents who were interviewed in a language for which a formal translated version had not been produced, with emphasis on consistent translation of keywords and phrases.To ensure the quality of translation, a list of keywords and phrases provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) for translation and back-translation were translated from English into vernacular languages by the original translator, then back-translated into English by an independent translator who provided all possible interpretations. The back-translations were cross-checked with the original English version. If no match was found, both translator and back-translator were Objective. To investigate cognitive functioning and associated factors in a national probability sample of older South Africans who participated in the Study of Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) in 2008. Methods. In 2008 we conducted a national pop...

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Alcohol and cognitive performance: a longitudinal study of older Japanese Americans. The Kame Project

Cited by 50 publications

References 13 publications

Reported Alcohol Consumption and Cognitive Decline: The Northern Manhattan Study

Reported Alcohol Consumption and Cognitive Decline: The Northern Manhattan Study

Wine consumption, cognitive function and dementias – A relationship?

Cognitive functioning and associated factors in older adults in South Africa

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