Expired CME Article

Alcohol on Trial: The Evidence 8. Alcohol and Older Adults

Authors: Ronald C. Hamdy, MD, Melissa McManama Aukerman, MS

Abstract

High alcohol intake was not predictive of depression in older adults according to this cross-sectional analysis of data from the MRC trial cohort of 14,217 older adults (≥75 years of age). Several factors were predictive of depression, including no confiding relationship (OR, 3.4), smoking (OR, 1.6), and having two or more physical illnesses (OR, 1.6). Other important findings were that increasing age was associated with an increased risk of depression, but living alone was not predictive of depression.

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