title: Drinking habits of elderly Chinese.
abstract: A random sample of 612 elderly Chinese was interviewed on their drinking habits. About 36.5% never drank, 50.3% drank less than once a month, 10% between one and three times a month, and 3.2% four or more times a week. Only two subjects had symptoms of mild alcohol dependence with SADQ scores of 10 and 12, and another two had alcohol-related gastritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kua
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000208:ethnology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D044466:Asian People; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology