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Alcohol consumption and disability pension among middle-aged men

Månsson, Nils-Ove LU ; Råstam, Lennart LU ; Eriksson, Karl-Fredrik LU and Israelsson, Bo LU (1999) In Annals of Epidemiology 9(6). p.341-348
Abstract
PURPOSE: To analyze the relation between alcohol consumption and the risk of disability pension among middle-aged men. METHODS: In the mid-seventies, complete birth-year cohorts of middle-aged male residents in Malmo, Sweden, were invited to participate in a general health survey. The 3751 men with complete data who constituted the cohort in this study were followed for 11 years. Alcohol consumption was estimated from the scores obtained from a test designed to identify subjects with alcohol related problems. RESULTS: Of the 498 men granted disability pension during follow-up, 48 stated to be teetotalers. The cumulative incidence of disability pension among teetotalers was 19%, whereas, it was 12% and 16%, respectively, among men with low... (More)
PURPOSE: To analyze the relation between alcohol consumption and the risk of disability pension among middle-aged men. METHODS: In the mid-seventies, complete birth-year cohorts of middle-aged male residents in Malmo, Sweden, were invited to participate in a general health survey. The 3751 men with complete data who constituted the cohort in this study were followed for 11 years. Alcohol consumption was estimated from the scores obtained from a test designed to identify subjects with alcohol related problems. RESULTS: Of the 498 men granted disability pension during follow-up, 48 stated to be teetotalers. The cumulative incidence of disability pension among teetotalers was 19%, whereas, it was 12% and 16%, respectively, among men with low and high alcohol consumption. The adjusted relative risk (RR) for acquiring a disability pension (using the group with low alcohol consumption as reference) was 1.8 among abstainers and 1.3 among men with high alcohol consumption. CONCLUSIONS: Alcohol overconsumption, as well as teetotalism, showed a positive relation to disability pension, and a moderate alcohol intake was found to be beneficial with respect to the risk of future disability pension. (Less)
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Alcohol, Disability Pension, Early Retirement, Screening, Teetotalism
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Annals of Epidemiology
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9
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6
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341 - 348
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Elsevier
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1047-2797
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10.1016/S1047-2797(99)00014-9
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Emergency medicine/Medicine/Surgery (013240200), Unit for Clinical Vascular Disease Research (013242410), Family Medicine (013241010), Community Medicine (013241810)
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  author       = {{Månsson, Nils-Ove and Råstam, Lennart and Eriksson, Karl-Fredrik and Israelsson, Bo}},
  issn         = {{1047-2797}},
  keywords     = {{Alcohol; Disability Pension; Early Retirement; Screening; Teetotalism}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
  pages        = {{341--348}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Annals of Epidemiology}},
  title        = {{Alcohol consumption and disability pension among middle-aged men}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1047-2797(99)00014-9}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S1047-2797(99)00014-9}},
  volume       = {{9}},
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