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Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia up to 27 years later in a large, population-based sample: the HUNT study, Norway.
Eur J Epidemiol. 2015 Sep; 30(9):1049-56.EJ

Abstract

The relationship between alcohol consumption and dementia risk is unclear. This investigation estimates the association between alcohol consumption reported in a population-based study in the mid-1980s and the risk for dementia up to 27 years later. The entire adult population in one Norwegian county was invited to the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study during 1984-1986 (HUNT1): 88 % participated. The sample used in this study includes HUNT1 participants born between 1905 and 1946 who completed the questionnaire assessing alcohol consumption. A total of 40,435 individuals, of whom 1084 have developed dementia, are included in the analysis adjusted for age, sex, years of education, hypertension, obesity, smoking, and symptoms of depression. When adjusting for age and sex, and compared to reporting consumption of alcohol 1-4 times during the last 14 days (drinking infrequently), both abstaining from alcohol and reporting consumption of alcohol five or more times (drinking frequently) were statistically significantly associated with increased dementia risk with hazard ratios of 1.30 (95 % CI 1.05-1.61) and 1.45 (1.11-1.90), respectively. In the fully adjusted analysis, drinking alcohol frequently was still significantly associated with increased dementia risk with a hazard ratio of 1.40 (1.07-1.84). However, the association between dementia and abstaining from alcohol was no longer significant (1.15, 0.92-1.43). Equivalent results for Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia indicated the same patterns of associations. When adjusting for other factors associated with dementia, frequent alcohol drinking, but not abstaining from alcohol, is associated with increased dementia risk compared to drinking alcohol infrequently.

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Langballe EM
Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404, 0403, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway. eml@aldringoghelse.no. Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Ageing and Health, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway. eml@aldringoghelse.no.
Ask H
Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404, 0403, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway.
Holmen J
HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Levanger, Norway.
Stordal E
Namsos Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust, Namsos, Norway. Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
Saltvedt I
Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. Department of Geriatrics, St Olav Hospital, University Hospital of Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway.
Selbæk G
Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Ageing and Health, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway. Centre for Old Age Psychiatric Research, Innlandet Hospital Trust, P.O. Box 68, 2312, Ottestad, Norway. Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.
Fikseaunet A
Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust, Levanger, Norway.
Bergh S
Centre for Old Age Psychiatric Research, Innlandet Hospital Trust, P.O. Box 68, 2312, Ottestad, Norway.
Nafstad P
Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Pb 1130 Blindern, 0318, Oslo, Norway. Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404, 0403, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway.
Tambs K
Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404, 0403, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway.

MeSH

AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlcohol DrinkingAlzheimer DiseaseCohort StudiesDementiaDementia, VascularFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedNorwayPopulation SurveillanceRisk FactorsSurveys and Questionnaires

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

25968174

Citation

Langballe, Ellen Melbye, et al. "Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Dementia Up to 27 Years Later in a Large, Population-based Sample: the HUNT Study, Norway." European Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 30, no. 9, 2015, pp. 1049-56.
Langballe EM, Ask H, Holmen J, et al. Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia up to 27 years later in a large, population-based sample: the HUNT study, Norway. Eur J Epidemiol. 2015;30(9):1049-56.
Langballe, E. M., Ask, H., Holmen, J., Stordal, E., Saltvedt, I., Selbæk, G., Fikseaunet, A., Bergh, S., Nafstad, P., & Tambs, K. (2015). Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia up to 27 years later in a large, population-based sample: the HUNT study, Norway. European Journal of Epidemiology, 30(9), 1049-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-015-0029-2
Langballe EM, et al. Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Dementia Up to 27 Years Later in a Large, Population-based Sample: the HUNT Study, Norway. Eur J Epidemiol. 2015;30(9):1049-56. PubMed PMID: 25968174.
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