Alcohol in moderation, premorbid intelligence and cognition In Older Adults: results from the Psychiatric Morbidity Survey

Claudia Cooper (1) , Paul Bebbington (2) , Howard Meltzer (3) , Rachel Jenkins (4) , Traolach Brugha (3) , James Lindesay (3) , Gill Livingston (2)

1 UCL - University College of London [London]
2 Social and Community Medicine School
3 Leicester NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Cardiovascular Disease
4 Institute of Psychiatry

To test the hypothesis that the association previously reported between moderate alcohol use and better cognition, is an artefact of confounding by (a) higher premorbid education and socioeconomic status; (b) a lifestyle of moderation (using smoking as a risk marker); and (c) decreased alcohol consumption in people with physical illnesses.

Mots clés: ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEMS; COGNITION; DEMENTIA

Claudia Cooper, Paul Bebbington, Howard Meltzer, Rachel Jenkins, Traolach Brugha, et al.. Alcohol in moderation, premorbid intelligence and cognition In Older Adults: results from the Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2009, 80 (11), pp.1236. ⟨10.1136/jnnp.2008.163964⟩. ⟨hal-00552731⟩