… alcohol consumption of older adults (n = 24,863) screened through Primary Care Research
in Substance Abuse … heavy drinkers either dying or stopping alcohol use at an earlier age. …

… However, the portal hypertension that results in varices with hemorrhage may occur because
of acute (and not necessarily excessive) alcohol intake in an older person. Esophageal …

… heavy alcohol use and health, we analyzed 6 years of longitudinal data on men aged 50 years
and older … support the hypothesis that heavy drinking among mature adults increases the …

… We hypothesize that heavy alcohol use and alcohol disorders are less prevalent in later
life (Hasin and Grant, 2015; Sunderland et al., 2014) but more strongly associated with …

… Yet, due to the rising absolute number of older adults, there may be a silent epidemic of
alcohol abuse in this group. Dietary effects of moderate and excessive alcohol consumption are …

… integral when investigating excessive alcohol use in older people, for example, in their study
examining inpatient treatment for alcohol dependence in a group of older people, Blow et al…

… , which typically occurs after drinking about 4 drinks in women … Moreover, heavy alcohol use
is defined as binge drinking that … alcohol use in older adults was 10.7% and in heavy alcohol …

… alcohol consumption among older adults, this study estimated the drinking patterns of older
adults with specific chronic … Overall, 30.9 % reported alcohol consumption in a typical month …

… Discrepancies across studies, especially in regards to the effects of excessive alcohol
consumption on HRQOL, have been attributed to differences in populations, different …

… older adults, heavy drinking has been positively associated with a prior history of drinking
problems, family history of alcohol abuse, male gender, stress, suburban residence and …