Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI 53226, United States.
Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27559, United States.
Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2024 Feb 19;39(2):221-226. doi: 10.1093/arclin/acad059.
Investigate the relationships between concussion history and years of football participation (repetitive head impact proxy) with alcohol use across multiple decades in former professional football players.
Participants (n = 348; mean age = 49.0 ± 9.4) completed health questionnaires in 2001 and 2019, which included self-reported concussion history and years of participation. Alcohol use frequency and amount per occasion were reported for three timepoints: during professional career, 2001, and 2019. Ordinal logistic regression models were fit to test associations of concussion history and years of participation with alcohol use at each timepoint.
There were no significant associations between either concussion history or years of football participation with alcohol use (frequency and amount per occasion) at any timepoint. Effect estimates for concussion history and years of football participation with alcohol use were generally comparable across timepoints.
Later life alcohol use by former American football players is not associated with concussion history or years of exposure to football.
研究前职业足球运动员中，脑震荡史和多年足球参与（重复头部撞击的代表）与跨越数十年的酒精使用之间的关系。
参与者（n=348；平均年龄=49.0±9.4）分别于 2001 年和 2019 年完成健康问卷，其中包括自我报告的脑震荡史和参与年限。酒精使用频率和每次使用的量在三个时间点报告：职业期间、2001 年和 2019 年。使用有序逻辑回归模型来测试脑震荡史和参与年限与每个时间点的酒精使用之间的关联。
在任何时间点，脑震荡史或足球参与年限都与酒精使用（频率和每次使用的量）之间均无显著关联。脑震荡史和足球参与年限与酒精使用的效应估计在各时间点大致相当。
美国前足球运动员的晚年酒精使用与脑震荡史或接触足球的年限无关。
