当控制收入和文化因素时,适度饮酒不会保护认知功能
Kerri M Gillespie1, Eva Kemps2, Melanie J White3
1Faculty of Health, School of Clinical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia.
Frontiers in aging neuroscience
|June 10, 2025
概括
轻度到中度饮酒的认知益处可能只是一种幻觉. 社会经济因素,如收入和语言能力,而不是酒精本身,似乎影响成年人的认知功能.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 酒精消费通常与认知能力下降有关.
- 一些研究表明,轻度至中度的酒精摄入可能会增强认知功能.
- 社会经济地位 (SES) 和其他因素可能会混酒精与认知关系.
研究的目的:
- 研究酒精消费对认知功能的影响.
- 研究社会经济指标对酒精与认知关系的影响.
主要方法:
- 对123名健康成年人 (18-70岁) 进行的跨截面在线调查,评估认知功能.
- 2018年澳大利亚成年人的国家健康调查的二次分析,以检查饮酒模式和SES指标.
主要成果:
- 与轻度/中度酒精相关的认知增强在未调整或调整为教育时观察到.
- 当收入被用作SES指标时,这种关联消失了.
- 包括家中使用的语言作为共同变量也消除了观察到的认知益处.
结论:
- 适度饮酒与增强认知之间的关联似乎是社会经济因素的产物,包括收入和语言.
- 在检查酒精消费和认知表现的研究中,收入和语言能力是重要的混因素.
- 未来的研究应该仔细检查这些社会经济变量.
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