Long‐term Outcomes of Drinking: a 20‐year longitudinal study of men

Mt, Temple; Ev, Leino

doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb00761.x

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“…It has often been pointed out that alcohol consumption progressively decreases with age, suggesting that it would be a less serious problem in older adults [7]. However, there is evidence indicating that excessive consumption at a younger age is a good predictor of excessive consumption in old age [8], that different changes accompanying normal aging could facilitate excessive alcohol consumption (e.g. the increase in factors inhibiting the metabolism of ethanol) [9] and that health problems are associated with chronic alcohol abuse in old age, tissue damage to several organs and impaired immune responses [10,11].…”

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Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption and Pattern of Use among the Elderly in the WHO European Region

Nuevo¹,

Chatterji²,

Verdes³

et al. 2014

Eur Addict Res

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Background/Aims: Alcohol-related problems are relevant in the elderly, particularly in developed countries, but there is a lack of cross-country comparisons. The present work aims to examine the frequency and patterns of alcohol consumption in older adults across different European countries, and to analyze the relationship between socioeconomic status and gender with alcohol consumption. Methods: General population-based household surveys of randomly selected adults over 60 years of age in 14 European countries. Participants: 10,119 subjects [mean age: 70.4 (SD = 7.1)], 61.9% women. Results: There are marked differences in alcohol consumption across countries. Except for three countries from eastern regions, most people in all countries present moderate consumption regarding the amount of alcohol and pattern of use. However, there are marked gender differences, with a higher intake in men (effect sizes ranging from 0.57 to 1.27), although these differences are relatively proportional across countries. Finally, a higher socioeconomic status is positively related (B = 0.845, 95% CI: 0.30/1.40) with alcohol consumption after controlling for gender, age, health-functioning status and the country's development level. Conclusions: There are marked differences in consumption of alcohol in the elderly between the different countries, and male gender, as well as a higher SES, were associated with higher alcohol consumption.

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Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption and Pattern of Use among the Elderly in the WHO European Region

Nuevo¹,

Chatterji²,

Verdes³

et al. 2014

Eur Addict Res

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“…7 For example, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies suggest that the prevalence of risky drinking decreases with age. [8][9][10][11][12] There are both positive and negative motives for consuming alcohol, and these include to be social, to create a positive or relaxed mood, to cope, or to conform. [13][14][15][16] The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) showed that both lifetime and single-occasion risky alcohol consumption have decreased in Australia over the previous 3 years.…”

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Changes in wine consumption are influenced most by health: results from a population survey of South Australians in 2013

Stockley¹,

Taylor²,

Montgomerie³

et al. 2017

IJWR

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“…Most longitudinal studies confi ned to older (i.e., age ≥ 50) samples also have identifi ed a decline over time in participants' alcohol use and drinking problems (e.g., Adams et al, 1990;Fillmore et al, 1991;Platt et al, 2010). However, some have shown stability or, less frequently, an increase in older adults' alcohol consumption and problematic alcohol use (Glynn et al, 1985;Gordon and Kannel, 1983;Stall, 1986a;Temple and Leino, 1989). …”

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Twenty-Year Alcohol-Consumption and Drinking-Problem Trajectories of Older Men and Women

Brennan¹,

Schutte²,

Moos³

et al. 2011

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe older adults' 20-year alcohol-consumption and drinking-problem trajectories, identify baseline predictors of them, and determine whether older men and women differ on late-life drinking trajectory characteristics and predictors. Method: Two-group simultaneous latent growth modeling was used to describe the characteristics and baseline predictors of older community-residing men's (n = 399) and women's (n = 320) 20-year drinking trajectories. Chi-square difference tests of increment in fi t of latent growth models with and without gender invariance constraints were used to determine gender differences in drinking trajectory characteristics and predictors. Results: Unconditional quadratic growth models best described older individuals' within-individual, 20-year drinking trajectories, with alcohol consumption following an average pattern of delayed decline, and drinking problems an average pattern of decline followed by leveling off. On average, older men declined in alcohol consumption somewhat later than did older women. The best baseline predictors of more rapid decline in alcohol consumption and drinking problems were drinking variables indicative of heavier, more problematic alcohol use at late middle age. Conclusions: The course of alcohol consumption and drinking problems from late middle age onward is one of net decline, but this decline is neither swift nor invariable. Gender differences in the timing of decline in drinking suggest that ongoing monitoring of alcohol consumption may be especially important for older men. Further research is needed to identify factors known at late middle age that prospectively explain long-term change in late-life use of alcohol. (J. Stud Alcohol Drugs, 72, 308-321, 2011) (Ahlstrom, 2008). However, there is scarce evidence to support this view, and it has been drawn from studies with important design and analytic limitations. Furthermore, there has been almost no research to identify predictors of late-life decline in alcohol consumption and drinking problems. From a public health perspective, it is important to identify factors known at late middle age that prospectively infl uence older adults' subsequent drinking trajectories; this might inform development of interventions aimed at promoting healthier late-life drinking practices.This study builds on others' and our previous work in this area Moos et al., 2009Moos et al., , 2010 by using latent growth modeling to describe the 20-year drinking trajectories of men and women as they mature from late middle age (about age 55-65) through "later" old age (about age 75-85). In addition, it extends earlier research by determining whether key demographic, health-related, coping, and social context characteristics known at late middle age predict the level and shape of older individuals' subsequent 20-year drinking trajectories. Because so little is known about older women's drinking behavior as distinct from that of older men, this study also addresses whether gender...

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Long‐term Outcomes of Drinking: a 20‐year longitudinal study of men

Cited by 57 publications

References 12 publications

Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption and Pattern of Use among the Elderly in the WHO European Region

Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption and Pattern of Use among the Elderly in the WHO European Region

Changes in wine consumption are influenced most by health: results from a population survey of South Australians in 2013

Twenty-Year Alcohol-Consumption and Drinking-Problem Trajectories of Older Men and Women

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