任何酒精使用都可能增加痴呆症的风险,新的研究发现,对轻饮是保护性的说法提出了质疑。 Any alcohol use may raise dementia risk, new study finds, challenging claims that light drinking is protective.

一项涉及来自英国和美国的559,000多人的大型研究发现,任何酒精消费都可能增加痴呆症的风险,对轻饮是一种保护性饮酒的想法提出了质疑。 A large study involving over 559,000 people from the UK and US finds that any alcohol consumption may increase dementia risk, challenging the idea that light drinking is protective. 来自牛津、耶鲁和剑桥的研究人员分析了健康和遗传数据,显示非饮酒者和重饮者的风险比轻饮者高41%,依赖酒精者的风险增加了51%。 Researchers from Oxford, Yale, and Cambridge analyzed health and genetic data, showing non-drinkers and heavy drinkers had a 41% higher risk than light drinkers, with a 51% increase among those with alcohol dependence. 对240多万人进行遗传分析后发现,酒精使用和依赖性增加与痴呆症风险增加有关,没有证据表明摄入量低会有好处。 Genetic analysis of over 2.4 million people linked higher alcohol use and dependency to greater dementia risk, with no evidence of benefit from low intake. 在BMJ证据医学杂志上公布的调查结果表明,减少整个人口的酒精消费可有助于预防痴呆症,特别是因为任何目前的治疗方法都无法阻止其发展。 The findings, published in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine, suggest reducing population-wide alcohol consumption could help prevent dementia, especially as no current treatments can stop its progression.