Low IQ Ups Risk Of Heavy Drinking Among Men
LONDON: A lower IQ is clearly associated with greater and riskier drinking among young adult men, a research has found.
"It may be that a higher IQ results in healthier lifestyle choices," said corresponding author for the study Sara Sjolund, doctoral student at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.
Suggested explanations for the association between IQ and different health outcomes could be childhood conditions, which could influence both IQ and health, or that a socio-economic position as an adult mediates the association, Sjolund added.
The researchers analysed data collected from 49,321 Swedish males born during 1949 to 1951 and who were conscripted for Swedish military service from 1969 to 1971.
IQ results were available from tests performed at conscription, and questionnaires also given at conscription provided data on total alcohol intake and pattern of drinking, as well as medical, childhood and adolescent conditions, and tobacco use.
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