Light to moderate alcohol drinking is associated with higher cognitive function in males with type 2 diabetes

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-137

  Fan, Xiaoduo ^a   O'Donnell, Amy ^b   Singh, Sant P ^c,d   Pungan, Ramona ^d   Perlmuter, Lawrence C ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGIT SPAN BACKWARD TEST; DIGIT SYMBOL TEST; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAIL MAKING A TEST; TRAIL MAKING B TEST; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TRAIL MAKING TEST; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 41149164773     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730701876953     Document Type: Article

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