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8 mar 2024 · In aging adults, too much alcohol increases the risk of falls, accidents, car crashes, and other unintentional injuries. 15,16 Age plays a key factor in the risk of falls due to the physical, sensory, and cognitive changes that take place as a person gets older.
1 mar 2023 · In a prospective study spanning several decades, alcohol consumption of up to 1 standard US serving (14 g) per day for women was associated with a 4% higher incidence of cancer by the age of 60 compared to non-drinkers (Cao, Willett, Rimm, Stampfer, & Giovannucci, 2015).
25 paź 2024 · Alcohol is metabolized differently by sex, such that after consuming the same amount of alcohol, the concentration is higher in women [59,60], suggesting alcohol consumption should be more ...
Some older people feel the effects of alcohol more strongly without increasing the amount they drink. This can make them more likely to have accidents such as falls, fractures, and car crashes. Also, older women are more sensitive than men to the effects of alcohol.
Abstract. Aims. The aim was to identify changes in patterns of alcohol consumption over a 20-year interval among older women and men, and to examine the associations between guideline-defined excessive drinking and late-life drinking problems. Design, Participants, and Measures.
12 sie 2024 · Exposure According to their mean alcohol intake in grams per day, participants’ drinking patterns were classified as occasional: ≤2.86 g/d), low risk (men: >2.86-20.00 g/d; women: >2.86-10.00 g/d), moderate risk (men: >20.00-40.00 g/d; women: >10.00-20.00 g/d) and high risk (men: >40.00 g/d; women: >20.00 g/d).
10 lut 2017 · Among older adults, those who used to, but no longer, drink had higher risks of stroke, especially among women; current light drinkers had the lowest risk of stroke. Keywords: Alcohol use, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Gender, Race, Stroke.
