The relationship between alcohol use and long-term cognitive decline in middle and late life: a longitudinal analysis using UK Biobank

G Piumatti, SC Moore, DM Berridge… - Journal of Public …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Using UK Biobank data, this study sought to explain the causal
relationship between alcohol intake and cognitive decline in middle and older aged …

Educational attainment and drinking behaviors: Mendelian randomization study in UK Biobank

T Zhou, D Sun, X Li, H Ma, Y Heianza, L Qi - Molecular psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
Educational attainment has been associated with drinking behaviors in observation studies.
We performed Mendelian randomization analysis to determine whether educational …

Polygenic risk for alcohol dependence associates with alcohol consumption, cognitive function and social deprivation in a population‐based cohort

TK Clarke, AH Smith, J Gelernter, HR Kranzler… - Addiction …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Alcohol dependence is frequently co‐morbid with cognitive impairment. The relationship
between these traits is complex as cognitive dysfunction may arise as a consequence of …

Light alcohol consumption does not protect cognitive function: A longitudinal prospective study

LB Hassing - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Studies show that light to moderate alcohol consumption is related to better health and
higher cognitive performance. However, it has been suggested that this association is …

Education modifies the effect of alcohol on memory impairment: the third national health and nutrition examination survey

Y Zhang, T Heeren, R Curtis Ellison - Neuroepidemiology, 2004 - karger.com
We examined whether the relation of alcohol consumption to prevalence of verbal memory
impairment was modified by education among 4,804 elderly subjects in the Third National …

Moderate alcohol consumption and cognitive risk

EJ Neafsey, MA Collins - Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
We reviewed 143 papers that described the relationship between moderate drinking of
alcohol and some aspect of cognition. Two types of papers were found:(1) those that …

Adult-life alcohol consumption and age-related cognitive decline from early adulthood to late midlife

M Grønkjær, T Flensborg-Madsen, M Osler… - Alcohol and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims Alcohol consumption is a modifiable and plausible risk factor for age-related cognitive
decline but more longitudinal studies investigating the association are needed. Our aims …

School achievement, IQ, and risk of alcohol use disorder: a prospective, co-relative analysis in a Swedish national cohort

KS Kendler, H Ohlsson, J Sundquist… - Journal of studies on …, 2017 - jsad.com
Objective: Most studies suggest that poor cognitive functioning in adolescence increases
risk of alcohol use disorders (AUDs). We seek to clarify the causes of this association …

Cognitive functioning in late life: the impact of moderate alcohol consumption

LC McGuire, UA Ajani, ES Ford - Annals of Epidemiology, 2007 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Sex differences in the association between moderate alcohol consumption and
cognitive functioning were examined during 4 years. METHODS: Participants were 2716 US …

Genetic correlation and gene–environment interaction between alcohol problems and educational level in young adulthood

A Latvala, DM Dick, A Tuulio-Henriksson… - Journal of studies on …, 2011 - jsad.com
Objective: A lower level of education often co-occurs with alcohol problems, but factors
underlying this co-occurrence are not well understood. Specifically, whether these outcomes …