To investigate the association between alcohol consumption and mortality in patients recently diagnosed with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD).
A post hoc analysis study based on a clinical trial population.
The data reported were collected as part of the Danish Alzheimer's Intervention Study (DAISY), a longitudinal multicentre randomised controlled study on the efficacy of psychosocial intervention in patients with mild AD across five county districts in Denmark.
321 patients with mild AD (Mini-Mental State Examination = 20) were included. Data regarding current daily alcohol consumption were obtained from the patient's primary caregivers at inclusion.
All-cause mortality retrieved from The Danish Civil Registration System over a period of 36 months after baseline.
Information about alcohol consumption was obtained from all 321 study participants: 8% were abstinent, 71% only had alcohol occasionally (1 or
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Cites: Lancet. 2002 Jan 26;359(9303):281-611830193