
Karl-Fredrik Eriksson
Associate professor

Alcohol consumption and disability pension among middle-aged men
Author
Summary, in English
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.
Department/s
- Family Medicine and Community Medicine
- Community Medicine
- Vascular Diseases - Clinical Research
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö
Publishing year
1999
Language
English
Pages
341-348
Publication/Series
Annals of Epidemiology
Volume
9
Issue
6
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Keywords
- Alcohol
- Disability Pension
- Early Retirement
- Screening
- Teetotalism
Status
Published
Research group
- Family Medicine and Community Medicine
- Community Medicine
- Vascular Diseases - Clinical Research
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1047-2797